Title
Software Agents Meet Internet Of Things
Abstract
The last few years have seen a rapid democratization of things to the extent that they have become omnipresent in our surroundings and daily lives. Many buzzwords like smart cities, smart homes, and smart wrists exemplify thing democratization. Unfortunately, Internet of Things (IoT) adoption is slowing down due to first, the nature of things being usually "passive" and second, the multiplicity of things' development tools and communication standards. Both are impacting the quality of IoT applications and undermining the capabilities that these applications could offer to users. In this position paper, we discuss the "agentification" of things, using norms and commitments, as a means to address their passive nature. At the conceptual level, norms ensure that things operate in accordance to users' best interests. Also, at the operational level, commitments ensure that things will not deviate from the prescribed norms and hence, avoid violations that could lead to penalties. An architecture supporting thing agentification along with some ongoing efforts are discussed in this paper.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1002/itl2.17
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Keywords
Field
DocType
agentification, commitment, internet of things, norm
World Wide Web,Computer science,Internet of Things,Software agent
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
1
3
2476-1508
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
zakaria maamar a144352.67
Noura Faci222827.53
Slim Kallel313725.48
Mohamed Sellami412619.13
Emir Ugljanin500.34