Using multi-agent systems and consensus methods for information retrieval in internet. (21st August 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sliwko, Leszek; Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh
• Is Part Of: International journal of intelligent information and database systems. Volume 1:Number 2(2007)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 198
• Publication Date: 2007-08-21
• Subjects: information searching -- multi-agent systems -- agent-based systems -- consensus methods -- information retrieval -- internet searching -- web searching -- artificial intelligence; Database management -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information retrieval -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Expert systems (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; 006.33
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-5858

Abstract

The paper presents a consensus-based approach utilised within a multi-agent system, which assists users in retrieving information from the internet. In this system, consensus methods are applied for reconciling inconsistencies among independent answers generated by agents (using various search engines) for a given query. AI methods have been developed to allow the agent's self-improvement. The proposed agent system has been implemented and the initial experiment results are presented here.