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This document outlines a project to develop a location-based social tracking mobile application called LocationAgent 360 using a multi-agent approach with JADE. The project aims to 1) develop an Android mobile app using JADE-LEAP that is part of a multi-agent system, 2) design an agent platform and framework for building mobile apps across Android, and 3) design agent message formats and ontologies using FIPA ACL. LocationAgent 360 allows users to view friends' locations on a map, share their own location, and request location updates from friends in a distributed agent-based system without relying on a central server.
Final Defense slide of my research.
- 1. Multi-Agents based Software Development of Mobile Application Using JADE By Bu Saw Dec 4, 2013
- 2. Outlines Ø Introduction Ø Objective Ø Problem Statement Ø Methodology Ø Implementation Ø Results Ø Comparison Ø Discussion Ø Conclusion Ø Recommendation & Future work
- 3. Introduction q Location based mobile application using multi agent based approach. q Using JADE-LEAP, software framework, is a part of the multi agent system to develop mobile application. q On Android OS using Android SDK q For agent communication, using FIPA ACL and Ontology q Integration with Google Play services such as Google map.
- 4. Objectives To develop a proof of concept location based social tracking multi agent system application. q To develop and implement agent based Android mobile application using JADE LEAP to be a part of multi agent system. q To design a multi agent platform and development framework for building mobile application across Android operating system. q To design agent messages format and ontologies using FIPA ACL
- 5. Problem Statements q Most of the mobile applications are based on client- server architecture with server doing all of the hard work and backend data storage. This has heavy privacy implications with our private data being stored on the servers. q Typical mobile application are controlled by server. To provide users’ dynamic needs better, multi agent systems is the best approach to develop mobile application. q Most of the location sharing mobile applications do not work together each others because they do not support the any open standard for data.
- 6. Agents Communication FIPA ACL + Ontology
- 7. FIPA ACL Parameters & Performatives Performatives Function request To request an agent to another agent to perform some action. inform The sender informs the receiver that a given proposition is true. refuse One agent to state to another agent that it will not perform some action uses it. The sender informs the receiver that a given proposition is true, where the receiver is known to be uncertain about the proposition. confirm Parameter Functionalities :sender Sender of the message :receiver Intended recipient of the message :content Content of the message :in-reply-to Whether the sender expects a reply and if so, an identifier for the reply Reference to the :reply-with parameter :reply-with
- 8. Ontology To help well-defined meaning for the message contents and define vocabularies of symbols referring to objects and relationships in the subject domain.
- 9. Ontology Class Arrival Slot name Type Allowed/ Values Cardinality classes Default location Class Location 1:1 Time Class Time 1:1 Slot name Type Allowed/ Values Cardinality classes Default location name string 1:1 longitude Floating point Latitude Floating point Location
- 10. Ontology Class Time Slot name Type Allowed/ Values Cardinality Default classes Time Integer Friend Slot name Type Allowed/ Values Cardinality classes Default Friend name String AID 1 F r i e n d N i c k String name AID 0:1 Agent ID AID 1 Class
- 11. Location Update Message Example Begin message structure Communication act type Message Parameter 12/1/13 10:09 PM! 0! 481! ! (INFORM! :sender ( agent-identifier :name busawoo-gmailcom@192.168.7.120:1099/JADE )! :receiver (set ( agent-identifier :name busawoo-hotmailcom@192.168.7.120:1099/JADE ) )! ! :content ((IsAt (agent-identifier :name busawoo-gmailcom@192.168.7.120:1099/JADE) (Arrival :location (Location :locationname AIT :logitude 14.076335 :latitude 100.61456) :time (Time :arrivaltime 1385910564401)))) ! ! :language fipa-sl ! :ontology Location-Ontology ! :conversation-id __location__ )! Message Content Expression ! ! Parameter Expression
- 12. Agent Types and Functionalities Agent Name Agent Type Function Mobile User Agent Intentional agent Review and receive data Interface Agent Reactive agent IHM (interface home machine) interface Administrator Agent Intentional agent Supervision of MAS system platform Location Subscription Reactive agent Keeps record of all the Manager Agent mobile user agents on the MAS platform. Message Broker Agent Intentional agent Supervision Sending and receiving message between agents Localization Agent Adaptive agent Geographical localization of the mobile agent
- 13. Activity Main Window Activity Home Page of app. LoginActivity User has to login to enter the app. It needs username and password. It is for security of user. RequestActivity User can request friend to view friends location on app. MapViewActivity User can view the location of himself and his friends’ location. Also user can know how many kilor meters far from he and his friend location. InviteActiviy User can invite his friends on app. But user should know his friend email address. ViewActivity User can view lists of his friends who are friends on app. User has authorization to remove their friends and also user can notify their friends’ location. FrienddetailActivity SharelocationActivity SigninActivity SingUpAcitiviy LogoutActivity User can see not only the friends lists but also the detail of friends information. In the same way, User can set notification of their friends and can remove their friends. User can share their location. User are already member of app. User need to sign in only using his email address and password to enter the app. If user are new user for this app. User has to sing up first as user of app. User can logout after using the app.
- 14. System Architecture Android Application GUI Message Broker Agent AMS User Agent LocationAgent 360 app Client DF ACC Main Container Agent Platform Admin GUI
- 15. Use-case diagram
- 16. GUI User Agent Application Logic JADE LEAP Container Application Framework AMS DF ACC JADE Main Container Window P Activity M Package M Resource M Content P Tel M Location M View System Notification M OS Window/Mac/Linux Android RT Dalvik VM Surface Manager SGL WebKit Open GL/ ES Android RT Core Libraries SQLite Free Type JAVA SE Media Framework Libc SSL Linux Kernel OS Kernel Network/Internet
- 17. Development Tools § JADE 4.3 ( the latest version) § JADE-LEAP Add-on for Dalvik virtual machine § Android development tools (SDK) § SQLite § The Eclipse integrating development environment § To debug and manage agent, our use JADE remote agent management GUI.
- 18. Ontology Design and Implementation
- 19. Ontology Design and Implementation
- 21. Android SDT with Eclipse
- 23. JADE Main Container running Agent Management System Directory Facilitator Location Manager Agent Remote agent management
- 24. Results
- 26. Sing up page
- 27. Main Page Home Page of App
- 29. Map View menu
- 30. Share Location
- 32. Request Location
- 33. Setting Menu
- 34. Logout Menu
- 35. LocationAgent 360 q LocationAgent 360 is a free smartphone app based on agent technology JADE-LEAP+ Android SDK = Agent based application
- 36. LocationAgent 360 q q To keep families and close friends connected stay in sync throughout their busy day. We can see where our family and friends are on a private map, stay in touch with group get help in an emergency.
- 37. LocationAgent 360 q We can know when our friends are on their way so that we can know who are running late. 200 m AIT q We can notify our location and our friend location so that we can know easily what time our friend arrive home and leave from home. q Using LocationAgent360 is not only sharing location each other but also save for emergency case and time consuming.
- 38. Comparison Life 360 FindMyFriend LocationAgent 360 Android app iOS app iOS 5.0 or later Agent based android app Android 2.3 or later Android 2.1 or later iOS 5.0 or later Sign in with Google account Sign in with Apple ID (Need to have Apple ID) Client-Server based system Client-Server based system Every information is stored Save iCloud your data in their server. Sign in with any email like Gmail, Hotmail, yahoo mail and etc. Intelligent multi agent system Store information in mobile devices such as SQLite. Provide one language Provide 31 languages Provide one language Closed system Closed system Open system § § Free Free Commercial (premium app) Work only in USA Free
- 39. Comparison Life 360 FindMyFriend LocationAgent 360 Only work between life360 Client Only work between FindMyFriend Client Interpretabilities (Work on any FIPA complaint agent system and the only requirement is the other agent can understand ACL messages and ontology) Property for developer Property for developer Extendable for developer - - Limited features available Provide Androids and Provide only iOS devices iOS. Not Symbian OS and Such as iPhone, iPod, iPad Window OS. and etc. Not provide other OS like android, window etc. Not working after iOS 7 update Server control Server control Provide Android OS. Not provide iOS and Window etc. JADE main container coordinate. Automous / proactive / reactive/dynamic
- 40. Discussion q JADE platform supports efficient and transparent messaging over different platforms (JavaSE, JavaME, .NET, ANDROID). q It supports semantic rich communication via implementation of FIPA ACL specifications for performatives, protocols and ontologies. The use of ontologies in communication messages allows extension of application features. q JADE multiagent platform has Peer-to-Peer abilities and like others P2P system. It needs some coordinator agents (eg. DF, AMS ). q There is no dependence on proprietary commercial services like GoogleHangoutService.
- 41. Limitation q Need Google(Gmail) account and have to register as Google developer to use officially Google service and Google map q To check all of the validity emails , we can use Oauth or OpenID, open standards for all email servers. q Limited features implementation. q Currently only implemented on Android OS.
- 42. Conclusion q Develop and implement agent message format and ontologies to be used in LocationAgent 360. q This application enables location based distributed multiagent systems in which personal agents running on mobile deices can communicate with other agents to share location without the need for a centralized server orchestrating every interaction. q The application design merges multiagent-based JADE-LEAP platform with latest Android Application Code and Google Play API (for location detection and map services). q It is a good proof of concept and a starting point to develop more sophisticated applications based on mobile user agents that learn about user preferences and negotiate with other agents to offer more services in different environments, different agents and their respective behaviors.
- 43. Recommendation Future Work q Implement and develop agent based mobile application run on different operation system such as Window, Symbian OS and even MIDP enable feature phones (eg. Nokia Asha phones). q The ontology designed in this research is limited to location sharing and notification features with some social abilities. Ontology can be extended to further support more use cases and add features by integrating with all other available data and information.
- 44. Thank you very much!!