A distributed reasoning engine ecosystem for semantic context-management in smart environments

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dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorLópez de Ipiña González de Artaza, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-29T07:49:39Z
dc.date.available2026-05-29T07:49:39Z
dc.date.issued2012-07-30
dc.date.updated2026-05-29T07:49:39Z
dc.description.abstractTo be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its changes. In order to do this an appropriate formal representation method is needed. Ontologies have proven themselves to be one of the best tools to do it. Semantic inference provides a powerful framework to reason over the context data. But there are some problems with this approach. The inference over semantic context information can be cumbersome when working with a large amount of data. This situation has become more common in modern smart environments where there are a lot sensors and devices available. In order to tackle this problem we have developed a mechanism to distribute the context reasoning problem into smaller parts in order to reduce the inference time. In this paper we describe a distributed peer-to-peer agent architecture of context consumers and context providers. We explain how this inference sharing process works, partitioning the context information according to the interests of the agents, location and a certainty factor. We also discuss the system architecture, analyzing the negotiation process between the agents. Finally we compare the distributed reasoning with the centralized one, analyzing in which situations is more suitable each approach. en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work has been supported by project grant TIN2010-20510-C04-03 (TALIS+ENGINE), funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaciónen
dc.identifier.citationAlmeida, A., & López-de-Ipiña, D. (2012). A distributed reasoning engine ecosystem for semantic context-management in smart environments. Sensors (Switzerland), 12(8), 10208-10227. https://doi.org/10.3390/S120810208
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/S120810208
dc.identifier.issn1424-8220
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/6114
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
dc.subject.otherContext-aware systems
dc.subject.otherDistributed reasoning
dc.subject.otherIntelligent environments
dc.subject.otherMulti-agent systems
dc.subject.otherSemantic inference
dc.titleA distributed reasoning engine ecosystem for semantic context-management in smart environmentsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage10227
oaire.citation.issue8
oaire.citation.startPage10208
oaire.citation.titleSensors (Switzerland)
oaire.citation.volume12
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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