Abstract
This paper presents the design and development of an innovative multiagent system based on virtual organizations. The multiagent system manages information from wireless sensor networks for knowledge discovery and decision making in rural environments. The multiagent system has been built over the cloud computing paradigm to provide better flexibility and higher scalability for handling both small- and large-scale projects. The development of wireless sensor network technology has allowed for its extension and application to the rural environment, where the lives of the people interacting with the environment can be improved. The use of “smart” technologies can also improve the efficiency and effectiveness of rural systems. The proposed multiagent system allows us to analyse data collected by sensors for decision making in activities carried out in a rural setting, thus, guaranteeing the best performance in the ecosystem. Since water is a scarce natural resource that should not be wasted, a case study was conducted in an agricultural environment to test the proposed system’s performance in optimizing the irrigation system in corn crops. The architecture collects information about the terrain and the climatic conditions through a wireless sensor network deployed in the crops. This way, the architecture can learn about the needs of the crop and make efficient irrigation decisions. The obtained results are very promising when compared to a traditional automatic irrigation system.
Highlights
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used for collecting the information needed by intelligent environments in urban and rural construction, smart cities, home and building automation, industrial applications, or smart hospitals [1,2,3,4,5,6]
The main goal of this research consists in the design and development of a new and innovative multiagent architecture based on virtual organizations, capable of managing the information collected by wireless sensor networks (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GPS, and GPRS) for knowledge discovery and decision making in rural environments
(iv) User interaction VO (UIVO) virtual organization: This organization interacts with the system users through a system interface where the user can make requests in relation to the activities being performed on the crop, obtain or analyse information from historical data stored on the database, and monitor sensors of the crop or of a crop area
Summary
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are used for collecting the information needed by intelligent environments in urban and rural construction, smart cities, home and building automation, industrial applications, or smart hospitals [1,2,3,4,5,6]. An important feature of WSNs deployed in a rural setting is that they can collect heterogeneous data from different environments In this way, systems can learn about the environment, making it possible to take adequate decisions and easing knowledge discovery. The goal of this research, is to design and develop a multiagent architecture aimed at gathering data and automating rural environments for decision making and knowledge discovery on a cloud system This architecture, which is based on agent virtual organizations (VOs), will give intelligence to the platform, real time response, and adaptation to the needs of the application problem; and the cloud will ensure that the platform uses the required resources at all times. Conclusions and references are listed at the end of this document
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