A Multi-Agent-Based Intelligent Sensor and Actuator Network Design for Smart House and Home Automation

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

Qingquan Sun¹  Weihong Yu²  Nikolai Kochurov¹  Qi Hao¹ 

[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA; E-Mails:;College of Transportation and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China; E-Mail:

关键词: multi-agent system;    smart house;    intelligent sensor-actuator networks;    JADE;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jsan2030557

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The smart-house technology aims to increase home automation and security with reduced energy consumption. A smart house consists of various intelligent sensors and actuators operating on different platforms with conflicting objectives. This paper proposes a multi-agent system (MAS) design framework to achieve smart house automation. The novelties of this work include the developments of (1) belief, desire and intention (BDI) agent behavior models; (2) a regulation policy-based multi-agent collaboration mechanism; and (3) a set of metrics for MAS performance evaluation. Simulations of case studies are performed using the Java Agent Development Environment (JADE) to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method.

【 授权许可】

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