Towards a Knowledge-based Framework for Agents Interacting in the Semantic Web

K. Kravari, E. Kontopoulos, N. Bassiliades, “Towards a Knowledge-based Framework for Agents Interacting in the Semantic Web”, 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'09), 15-18 September, Vol. 2, pp. 482-485, Milan, Italy, 2009.

2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'09), 15-18 September, Vol. 2, pp. 482-485, Milan, Italy, 2009.

intelligent agents, multi-agent system, defeasible reasoning, brokering agents, agent negotiation.

The Semantic Web aims at making Web content un-derstandable both for people and machines. Although intelligent agents can assist towards this vision, they do not have to conform to a common rule or logic paradigm. This paper reports on the first steps towards a framework for interoperating knowledge-based intel-ligent agents. A multi-agent system was extended with defeasible reasoning and a reusable agent model is proposed for customizable agents, equipped with a knowledge base and a Jess rule engine. Two use case scenarios display the integration of these technologies.