TY - GEN
T1 - A Reference Model for IoT Embodied Agents Controlled by Neural Networks
AU - Nascimento, Nathalia
AU - Alencar, Paulo
AU - Cowan, Donald
AU - Lucena, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/12/10
Y1 - 2020/12/10
N2 - Embodied agents is a term used to denote intelligent agents, which are a component of devices belonging to the Internet of Things (IoT) domain. Each agent is provided with sensors and actuators to interact with the environment, and with a 'controller' that usually contains an artificial neural network (ANN). In previous publications, we introduced three software approaches to design, implement and test IoT embodied agents. In this paper, we propose a reference model based on statecharts that offers abstractions tailored to the development of IoT applications. The model represents embodied agents that are controlled by neural networks. Our model includes the ANN training process, represented as a reconfiguration step such as changing agent features or neural net connections. Our contributions include the identification of the main characteristics of IoT embodied agents, a reference model specification based on statecharts, and an illustrative application of the model to support autonomous street lights. The proposal aims to support the design and implementation of IoT applications by providing high-level design abstractions and models, thus enabling the designer to have a uniform approach to conceiving, designing and explaining such applications.
AB - Embodied agents is a term used to denote intelligent agents, which are a component of devices belonging to the Internet of Things (IoT) domain. Each agent is provided with sensors and actuators to interact with the environment, and with a 'controller' that usually contains an artificial neural network (ANN). In previous publications, we introduced three software approaches to design, implement and test IoT embodied agents. In this paper, we propose a reference model based on statecharts that offers abstractions tailored to the development of IoT applications. The model represents embodied agents that are controlled by neural networks. Our model includes the ANN training process, represented as a reconfiguration step such as changing agent features or neural net connections. Our contributions include the identification of the main characteristics of IoT embodied agents, a reference model specification based on statecharts, and an illustrative application of the model to support autonomous street lights. The proposal aims to support the design and implementation of IoT applications by providing high-level design abstractions and models, thus enabling the designer to have a uniform approach to conceiving, designing and explaining such applications.
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U2 - 10.1109/BigData50022.2020.9377936
DO - 10.1109/BigData50022.2020.9377936
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103851172
T3 - Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2020
SP - 3500
EP - 3505
BT - Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2020
A2 - Wu, Xintao
A2 - Jermaine, Chris
A2 - Xiong, Li
A2 - Hu, Xiaohua Tony
A2 - Kotevska, Olivera
A2 - Lu, Siyuan
A2 - Xu, Weijia
A2 - Aluru, Srinivas
A2 - Zhai, Chengxiang
A2 - Al-Masri, Eyhab
A2 - Chen, Zhiyuan
A2 - Saltz, Jeff
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 8th IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2020
Y2 - 10 December 2020 through 13 December 2020
ER -