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Concept of Symbiotic Computing and its Agent-Based Application to a Ubiquitous Care-Support Service

Concept of Symbiotic Computing and its Agent-Based Application to a Ubiquitous Care-Support Service
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Author(s): Takuo Suganuma (Tohoku University, Japan), Kenji Sugawara (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan), Tetsuo Kinoshita (Tohoku University, Japan), Fumio Hattori (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)and Norio Shiratori (Tohoku University, Japan)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 24
Source title: Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Judith Symonds (AUT University, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-960-1.ch107

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Abstract

In this paper, a concept of “symbiotic computing” is formalized to bridge gaps between Real Space (RS) and Digital Space (DS). Symbiotic computing is a post-ubiquitous computing model based on an agent-oriented computing model that introduces social heuristics and cognitive functions into DS to bridge the gaps. The symbiotic functions and agent-based architecture of symbiotic applications are also discussed. Based on the concept, functions, and architecture of symbiotic applications, we develop an agent-based care-support service to enable supervision of persons by their families and friends easily while protecting privacy. In this application system, a hierarchical structure of multi-agents is organized dynamically using heuristics in agents based on the situation of a watched person and watching persons. The system appropriately alters the contents and quality of the live video. The flexible system construction scheme using a multiagent framework facilitates the symbiosis of RS and DS by bridging the gaps in the care-support service domain.

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