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Developing context-aware applications needs facilities for recognizing context, reasoning on it and adapting accordingly. In this paper, we propose a context-based multi-agent architecture consisting of context aware agents able to learn how to distinguish relevant from non relevant context and to make appropriate decisions based on it. This multi-agent system interacts with a context manager layer, based on an ontological representation of context, which is able to answer context-related queries. The use of this architecture is illustrated on a test MAS for agenda management, using the JADE-LEAP platform on PCs and PDAs.
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Bucur, O., Beaune, P., Boissier, O. (2005). What Is Context and How Can an Agent Learn to Find and Use it When Making Decisions?. In: Pěchouček, M., Petta, P., Varga, L.Z. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV. CEEMAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3690. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11559221_12
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