Agent-specification for distributed user modelling for ubiquitous computing

This paper introduces an approach for applying agent technology for user modelling in ubiquitous computing. It illustrates the research issues in distributing the knowledge about the user across active entities and distributed user-model acquisition and application methods, and specifies the agents using a defined communication framework for distributed user-modelling for ubiquitous computing. Regarding the requirements in ubiquitous computing, co-operating agents build ad-hoc networks for receiving information from other entities and distributing knowledge to other components in the network. Therefore, the specified agents are able to react both to their environment and to messages received from neighbouring components.