Integration of MultiAgent Systems with Resource-Oriented Architecture for Management of IoT-Objects

摘要

Recently, scientists have shown a special interest in the integration of agent-oriented technologies with the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to manage smarter IoT-objects and their resources. This paper proposes an agent architecture of Multiagent Systems based on Resource-Oriented Architecture (MAS-ROA), where the behavior of each agent is driven by a specific control workflow. This workflow enables agents to be able to perform sensing and control actions over IoT-objects by means of collaborative processes. In this way, IoT-objects managed by MAS-ROA agents can behave proactively, collaboratively, adaptively and smartly. In order to validate the proposal, an IoT ecosystem composed of many "things" (IoT-objects) is modeled and managed by agents based on MAS-ROA. The Multiagent System based on MAS-ROA was then contrasted with an implementation based on Service-Oriented Architecture (MAS-SOA) addressed by Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) to get insight about the differences in capabilities and performance.