C@sa: Intelligent Home Control and Simulation

Authors: Berardina De Carolis, Giovanni Cozzolongo

Abstract:

In this paper, we present C@sa, a multiagent system aiming at modeling, controlling and simulating the behavior of an intelligent house. The developed system aims at providing to architects, designers and psychologists a simulation and control tool for understanding which is the impact of embedded and pervasive technology on people daily life. In this vision, the house is seen as an environment made up of independent and distributed devices, controlled by agents, interacting to support user's goals and tasks.

Keywords: Ambient intelligence, agent-based systems, influence diagrams.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1333728

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