@inbook {IOPORT.05981814,
    author       = {Tapia, Dante I. and de la Prieta, Fernando and Gonz\'alez, Sara Rodr{\'\i}guez and Bajo, Javier and Corchado, Juan M.},
    title        = {Organizations of agents in information fusion environments.},
    year         = {2011},
    booktitle    = {Progress in artificial intelligence. 15th Portuguese conference on artificial intelligence, EPIA 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, October 10--13, 2011. Proceedings},
    isbn         = {978-3-642-24768-2},
    pages        = {59-70},
    publisher    = {Berlin: Springer},
    doi          = {10.1007/978-3-642-24769-9_5},
    abstract     = {Summary: Information fusion in a context-aware system is understood as a process that assembles assessments of the environment based on its goals. Advantages of intelligent approaches such as Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and the use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) within the information fusion process are emerging, especially in context-aware scenarios. However, it has become critical to propose improved and efficient ways to handle the enormous quantity of data provided by these approaches. Agents are a suitable option because they can represent autonomous entities by modeling their capabilities, expertise and intentions. In this sense, virtual organizations of agents are an interesting option/possibility because they can provide the necessary capacity to handle open and heterogeneous systems such as those normally found in the information fusion process. This paper presents a new framework that defines a method for creating a virtual organization of software and hardware agents. This approach facilitates the inclusion of context-aware capabilities when developing intelligent and adaptable systems, where functionalities can communicate in a distributed and collaborative way. Several tests have been performed to evaluate this framework and preliminary results and conclusions are presented.},
    identifier   = {05981814},
}