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@incollection{cook2006, abstract = {The goal of the MavHome (Managing An Intelligent Versa- tile Home) project is to create a home that acts as a rational agent. The agent seeks to maximize inhabitant comfort and minimize operation cost. In order to achieve these goals, the agent must be able to predict the mobility patterns and device usages of the inhabitants. Because of the size of the problem, controlling a smart environment can be effectively approached as a multi-agent task. Individual agents can address a portion of the problem but must coordinate their actions to accomplish the overall goals of the system. In this chapter, we discuss the application of multi-agent systems to the challenge of controlling a smart environment and describe its implementation in the MavHome project.}, author = {Cook, Diane and Youngblood, Michael and Das, Sajal}, citeulike-article-id = {4628002}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11788485_10}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/142027w275531607}, doi = {10.1007/11788485_10}, journal = {Designing Smart Homes}, keywords = {agent\_approach, implementation, inhabitants, intellicare, mobility\_patterns, rational\_agent, smart\_environment, tile}, pages = {165--182}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 14:18:56}, priority = {2}, title = {A Multi-agent Approach to Controlling a Smart Environment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11788485_10}, year = {2006} }

TY - CHAP ID - cook2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4628002 N2 - The goal of the MavHome (Managing An Intelligent Versa- tile Home) project is to create a home that acts as a rational agent. The agent seeks to maximize inhabitant comfort and minimize operation cost. In order to achieve these goals, the agent must be able to predict the mobility patterns and device usages of the inhabitants. Because of the size of the problem, controlling a smart environment can be effectively approached as a multi-agent task. Individual agents can address a portion of the problem but must coordinate their actions to accomplish the overall goals of the system. In this chapter, we discuss the application of multi-agent systems to the challenge of controlling a smart environment and describe its implementation in the MavHome project. JF - Designing Smart Homes EP - 182 TI - A Multi-agent Approach to Controlling a Smart Environment SP - 165 KW - agent_approach KW - implementation KW - inhabitants KW - intellicare KW - mobility_patterns KW - rational_agent KW - smart_environment KW - tile AU - Cook, Diane AU - Youngblood, Michael AU - Das, Sajal PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11788485_10 ER -