Multi-agent Data Fusion Architecture for Intelligent Web Information Retrieval
In this paper we propose a multi-agent architecture for web information retrieval using fuzzy logic based result fusion mechanism. The model is designed in JADE framework and takes advantage of JXTA agent communication method to allow agent communication through firewalls and network address translators. This approach enables developers to build and deploy P2P applications through a unified medium to manage agent-based document retrieval from multiple sources.
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Information Retrieval, W. B. Croft, Ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 127-150.
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Engine Results", ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Vol. 21,
No. 4, October 2003, Pages 457-491.
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February 2002 by John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0 47149691X.
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Communication Language", Proceedings of the 3rd International
Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94),
ACM Press,Gaithersburg, MD, USA, editor N. Adam, B. Bhargava, Y.
Yesha, pp 456-463, 1994
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Communication Languages", The current landscape of Agent
Communication Languages, Intelligent Systems, volume 14, number 2,
March/April 1999, IEEE Computer Society, 1999
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Communication Language", the 23rd National Information Systems
Security Conference, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore,
Maryland, SA, October 16-19, 2000
[8] T. B. Lee, J. Hendler, and O. Lassila, "The Semantic Web, A new form
of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution
of new possibilities", Scientific America, May, 2001
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information", in Uncertainty in Intelligent and Information Systems,
edited by Bouchon-Meunier, B., Yager, R. R. and Zadeh, L. A., World
Scientific: Singapore, 250-261, 2000.
[10] R. Baeza-Yates, B. Ribeiro-Neto, "Modern Information Retrieval",
Addison-Wesley, 1999
[11] E. M. Voorhees, N. K. Gupta, and B. Johnson-Laird, "The collection
fusion problem", Proceedings of the third Text Retrieval Conference
(TREC-3), 95-104, 1994
[12] E. M. Voorhees, N. K. Gupta, and B. Johnson-Laird, "Learning
collection fusion strategies", Proceedings of the 18th ACM SIGIR
Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval,
Seattle, 172-179, 1995
[13] R. R. Yager, "On Ordered Weighted Averaging aggregation Operators in
Multi Criteria Decision Making", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics. 18(1), 183-190, 1998
[14] R. R. Yager, and A. Rybalov, "On the fusion of documents from
multiple collection information retrieval systems", Journal for the
American Society for Information Science 49, 1177-1184, 1998.
[15] R. R. Yager, V. Kreinovich, "On how to merge sorted lists coming from
different web search tools," Soft Computing Research Journal 3, 83-88,
1999.
[16] F. Bellifemine, G. Caire, T. Trucco, G. Rimassa, "JADE Programmer-s
Guide", 21-August-2006.
[17] Jade Board, "JADE WSIG Add-On Guide JADE Web Services
Integration Gateway (WSIG) Guide", 03-March-2005
[18] E. Cortese, F. Quarta, G. Vitaglione, P. Vrba. "Scalability and
Performance of the JADE Message Transport System". Analysis of Suitability for Holonic Manufacturing Systems, exp, 2002.
[19] S. Liu, P. K├╝ngas, M. Matskin, "Agent-Based Web Service Composition
with JADE and JXTA", Proceedings of the 2006 International
Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services, SWWS 2006, Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 26-29, 2006
[20] J. D. Gradecki, "Mastering JXTA: Building Java Peer-to-Peer
Applications", JohnWiley&Sons, 2002.
[21] G. Salton, C. Buckley, "Term-weighting approaches in automatic text
retrieval". Information Processing & Management 24(5): 513-523, 1988
[22] G. Pasi, G. Bordonga, "Application of fuzzy set theory to extend
boolean information retrieval," in Soft Computing in Information
Retrieval: Techniques and Applications, F. Crestani, G. Pasi, Eds.
Heidelberg, Germany: Physica Verlag, 2000, vol. 50, pp. 21-47.
[1] J. Callan, "Distributed information retrieval". In Advances in
Information Retrieval, W. B. Croft, Ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 127-150.
[2] L. Si, J. Callan, "A Semisupervised Learning Method to Merge Search
Engine Results", ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Vol. 21,
No. 4, October 2003, Pages 457-491.
[3] M. Wooldridge, "An Introduction to Multiagent Systems" Published in
February 2002 by John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0 47149691X.
[4] M. R. Genesereth, R. E. Fikes, "Knowledge interchange format", version
3.0. Technical Report 92-1, Stanford University, Computer Science
Departament, 1992
[5] T. Finin, R. Fritzson, D. McKay, R. McEntire,"KQML as an Agent
Communication Language", Proceedings of the 3rd International
Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94),
ACM Press,Gaithersburg, MD, USA, editor N. Adam, B. Bhargava, Y.
Yesha, pp 456-463, 1994
[6] Y. Labrou, T. Finin, Y. Peng, "The current landscape of Agent
Communication Languages", The current landscape of Agent
Communication Languages, Intelligent Systems, volume 14, number 2,
March/April 1999, IEEE Computer Society, 1999
[7] A. Korzyk, "Towards XML As A Secure Intelligent Agent
Communication Language", the 23rd National Information Systems
Security Conference, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore,
Maryland, SA, October 16-19, 2000
[8] T. B. Lee, J. Hendler, and O. Lassila, "The Semantic Web, A new form
of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution
of new possibilities", Scientific America, May, 2001
[9] G. Pasi, and R. R. Yager, "Document retrieval from multiple sources of
information", in Uncertainty in Intelligent and Information Systems,
edited by Bouchon-Meunier, B., Yager, R. R. and Zadeh, L. A., World
Scientific: Singapore, 250-261, 2000.
[10] R. Baeza-Yates, B. Ribeiro-Neto, "Modern Information Retrieval",
Addison-Wesley, 1999
[11] E. M. Voorhees, N. K. Gupta, and B. Johnson-Laird, "The collection
fusion problem", Proceedings of the third Text Retrieval Conference
(TREC-3), 95-104, 1994
[12] E. M. Voorhees, N. K. Gupta, and B. Johnson-Laird, "Learning
collection fusion strategies", Proceedings of the 18th ACM SIGIR
Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval,
Seattle, 172-179, 1995
[13] R. R. Yager, "On Ordered Weighted Averaging aggregation Operators in
Multi Criteria Decision Making", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics. 18(1), 183-190, 1998
[14] R. R. Yager, and A. Rybalov, "On the fusion of documents from
multiple collection information retrieval systems", Journal for the
American Society for Information Science 49, 1177-1184, 1998.
[15] R. R. Yager, V. Kreinovich, "On how to merge sorted lists coming from
different web search tools," Soft Computing Research Journal 3, 83-88,
1999.
[16] F. Bellifemine, G. Caire, T. Trucco, G. Rimassa, "JADE Programmer-s
Guide", 21-August-2006.
[17] Jade Board, "JADE WSIG Add-On Guide JADE Web Services
Integration Gateway (WSIG) Guide", 03-March-2005
[18] E. Cortese, F. Quarta, G. Vitaglione, P. Vrba. "Scalability and
Performance of the JADE Message Transport System". Analysis of Suitability for Holonic Manufacturing Systems, exp, 2002.
[19] S. Liu, P. K├╝ngas, M. Matskin, "Agent-Based Web Service Composition
with JADE and JXTA", Proceedings of the 2006 International
Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services, SWWS 2006, Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 26-29, 2006
[20] J. D. Gradecki, "Mastering JXTA: Building Java Peer-to-Peer
Applications", JohnWiley&Sons, 2002.
[21] G. Salton, C. Buckley, "Term-weighting approaches in automatic text
retrieval". Information Processing & Management 24(5): 513-523, 1988
[22] G. Pasi, G. Bordonga, "Application of fuzzy set theory to extend
boolean information retrieval," in Soft Computing in Information
Retrieval: Techniques and Applications, F. Crestani, G. Pasi, Eds.
Heidelberg, Germany: Physica Verlag, 2000, vol. 50, pp. 21-47.
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