Engineering of holonic multi agent intelligent forest fire monitoring system

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Šerić, Ljiljana^; | Štula, Maja | Stipaničev, Darko

Affiliations: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Rudera Boskovica 32, 21 000 Split, Croatia. E-mail: {ljiljana.seric, maja.stula, darko.stipanicev}@fesb.hr

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper we describe holonic multi agent architecture of iForestFire (Intelligent Forest Fire Monitoring System) through phases and activities of the holonic software engineering process. iForestFire is a web-based information system used in all aspects of forest fire management. Its central part is an artificial perception system, observer network, whose aim is early detection of forest fires. Although the agents that the system consists of are inseparably connected, they can be clustered in several independent systems that can be used separately. Independent holons are built from agents that are part of the observer network, as well as other agents with auxiliary functionalities.

Keywords: Multi agent system, holons, observer network, agent oriented software engineering

DOI: 10.3233/AIC-130567

Journal: AI Communications, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 303-316, 2013