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AF-ABLE in the Multi Agent Contest 2009

Jordan, Howell ; Treanor, Jennifer ; Lillis, David ; Dragone, Mauro ; Collier, Rem ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2009-09)

This is the second year in which a team from University College Dublin has participated in the Multi Agent Contest. This paper describes the system that was created to participate in the contest, along with observations ...
An agent-based approach to component management

Lillis, David ; Collier, Rem ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), 2009-05)

This paper details the implementation of a software framework that aids the development of distributed and self-configurable software systems. This framework is an instance of a novel integration strategy called SoSAA ...
An agent-based domestic electricity consumption advisory system

O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Ruzzelli, Antonio G. ; Tynan, Richard ; Dragone, Mauro ; Muldoon, Conor ; O'Grady, Michael J. (2010-05-11)

This paper introduces an agent-based domestic electricity consumption advisory system. It reflects upon the diffculties of realizing the ubiquitous sensing vision which underpins such systems. It advocates the need for an ...
The clarity modular ambient health and wellness measurement platform

Walsh, Michael ; O'Grady, Michael J. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Tynan, Richard ; Ruzzelli, Antonio G. ; Barton, John ; O'Flynn, Brendan ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; O'Mathuna, Cian (IEEE Computer Society, 2010-07)

Emerging healthcare applications can benefit enormously from recent advances in pervasive technology and computing. This paper introduces the CLARITY Modular Ambient Health and Wellness Measurement Platform, which is a ...
Diversity & interoperability : wireless technologies in ambient assisted living

O'Grady, Michael J. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Tynan, Richard ; Ruzzelli, Antonio G. ; Walsh, Michael ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2010-04-22)

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) demands the seamless integration of a range of technologies such that the particular needs of the elderly may be met. Given the heterogeneity of the elderly population, in their needs and ...
Embedding Agents within Ambient Intelligent Applications

O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Collier, Rem ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Grady, Michael J. ; Muldoon, Conor ; De J. Montoya, Alcides (IOS Press, 2012)

This chapter reflects upon the challenges that confront the deployment of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) applications. Ambient Intelligence demands that everyday artefacts be imbued with intelligent reasoning capabilities ...
Evaluating social & ubiquitous human-robot interaction

Dragone, Mauro ; Holz, Thomas ; Sassu, Antonella ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (KROS - Korea Robotics Society, 2010-11-25)

While many robotic initiatives now share the thesis that robots are a compelling instance of those artefacts which comprise and deliver smart and ubiquitous environments, reconciling the social interface aspect with ...
Exergaming : a future of mixing entertainment and exercise assisted by mixed reality agents

Gorgu, Levent ; Campbell, Abraham G. ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (ACM, 2010-12)

Childhood obesity [Lung and Initiative, 2000] has become a major problem for many countries in recent years and addressing the obesity epidemic remains an outstanding public health issue. Childhood especially in developed ...
An extensible dashboard for sensor networks control and visualisation

Ruzzelli, Antonio G. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Jurdak, Raja ; Muldoon, Conor ; Barbirato, Alessio ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2009-02)
Facilitating ubiquitous interaction using intelligent agents

Campbell, Abraham G. ; Collier, Rem ; Dragone, Mauro ; Gorgu, Levent ; Holz, Thomas ; O'Grady, Michael J. ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Sassu, Antonella ; Stafford, John W. (Springer, 2012-01-19)

Facilitating intuitive interaction is a prerequisite for the ubiquitous computing paradigm in all its manifestations. How to achieve such interaction in practice remains an open question. Such interfaces must be perceived ...
FreeGaming : mobile, collaborative, adaptive and augmented ExerGaming

Gorgu, Levent ; Campbell, Abraham G. ; McCusker, Kealan ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Grady, Michael J. ; O'Connor, Noel E. ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2010-11-08)

Addressing the obesity epidemic that plagues many societies remains an outstanding public health issue. One innovative approach to addressing this problem is Exergaming. A combination of "Exercise" and "Gaming", the objective ...
From bogtrotting to herding : a UCD perspective

Russell, Sean E. ; Carr, Dominic ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Collier, Rem (Springer, 2011-06-01)

This is the third year in which a team from University College Dublin has participated in the Multi Agent Contest. This paper describes the system that was created to participate in the contest, along with observations of ...
Hybrid agent & component-based management of backchannels

Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Lillis, David ; Collier, Rem (2009-07)

This paper describes the use of the SoSAA software framework to implement the hybrid management of communication channels (backchannels) across a distributed software system. SoSAA is a new integrated architectural solution ...
Implicitly and intelligently influencing the interactive experience

O'Grady, Michael J. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Tynan, Richard ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Wan, Jie ; Muldoon, Conor (Springer, 2011-01)

Enabling intuitive interaction in system design remains an art more than a science. This difficulty is exacerbated when the diversity of device and end user group is considered. In this paper, it is argued that conventional ...
Implicitly influencing the interactive experience

O'Grady, Michael J. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Tynan, Richard ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Wan, Jie ; Muldoon, Conor (2010-05-10)

Enabling intuitive interaction in system design remains an art more than a science. This difficulty is exacerbated when the diversity of device and end user group is considered. In this paper, it is argued that conventional ...
Managing diversity in practical ambient assisted living ecosystems

O'Grady, Michael J. ; Walsh, Michael ; Tynan, Richard ; Gurrin, C. ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2010-03)

Though the motivation for developing ambient assisted living (AAL) systems is incontestable, significant challenges exist in realizing the ambience that is essential to the success of such systems. By definition, an AAL ...
MiRA - mixed reality agents

Holz, Thomas ; Campbell, Abraham G. ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) ; Stafford, John W. ; Dragone, Mauro ; Martin, A. (Alan) (Elsevier, 2011-04)

In recent years, an increasing number of Mixed Reality (MR) applications have been developed using agent technology—both for the underlying software and as an interface metaphor. However, no unifying field or theory currently ...
Separation of concerns in hybrid agent and component system

Dragone, Mauro ; Jordan, Howell ; Lillis, David ; Collier, Rem (Inderscience Publishers, 2011)

Modularising requirements is a classic problem of software engineering; concerns often overlap, requiring multiple dimensions of decomposition to achieve separation. Whenever complete modularity is unachievable, it is ...
SoSAA : a framework for integrating components & agents

Dragone, Mauro ; Lillis, David ; Collier, Rem ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (ACM Press, 2009)

Modern computing systems require powerful software frameworks to ease their development and manage their complexity. These issues are addressed within both Component-Based Software Engineering and Agent-Oriented Software ...
Towards evolutionary ambient assisted living systems

O'Grady, Michael J. ; Muldoon, Conor ; Dragone, Mauro ; Tynan, Richard ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (Springer, 2010-03)

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is advocated as technological solutions that will enable the elderly population maintain their independence for a longer time than would otherwise be the case. Though the facts motivating the ...