Enhancing Social Networks with Agent and Semantic Web Technologies

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Author(s): Federico Bergenti (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy), Enrico Franchi (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy)and Agostino Poggi (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 18
Source title: Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stefan Brüggemann (Astrium Space Transportation, Germany)and Claudia d’Amato (University of Bari, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0894-8.ch005

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Semantic Web / Social Computing

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In this chapter, the authors describe the relationships between multi-agent systems, social networks, and the Semantic Web within collaborative work; they also review how the integration of multi-agent systems and Semantic Web technologies and techniques can be used to enhance social networks at all scales. The chapter first provides a review of relevant work on the application of agent-based models and abstractions to the key ingredients of our work: collaborative systems, the Semantic Web, and social networks. Then, the chapter discusses the reasons current multi-agent systems and their foreseen evolution might be a fundamental means for the realization of the future Semantic Social Networks. Finally, some conclusions are drawn.

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