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dc.contributor.authorGulland, Elizabeth-Kate
dc.contributor.authorMoncrieff, Simon
dc.contributor.authorWest, Geoff
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:57:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:57:50Z
dc.date.created2016-10-03T19:30:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationGulland, E. and Moncrieff, S. and West, G. 2016. Distributed agents for online spatial searches. Spatial Information Research. 24 (3): pp. 191-202.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7132
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s41324-016-0020-3
dc.description.abstract

As the availability and utilisation of online data blossoms, automated online searches—whether to answer a simple question, seek specific sensor readings, or investigate research in a particular domain—have raised a number of issues. Simple search tools do not access the deep web of services and online forms, and cannot handle knowledge domain-specific search problems, but specialist search tools can have a narrow domain and applicability. Some online tools circumvent these problems by putting more filter controls into the hands of users, but this leads to more complex interfaces which can raise usability barriers. A distributed approach, where specialised search agents act autonomously to find contextualised information, can provide a useful compromise between a simple, general search interface and specialist searches. This paper outlines work in progress on design and use of specialist search agents, with a case study to find public transportation bus stops within a spatial region. The approach is demonstrated with a proof of concept web interface, developed to interpret a text query to find and show bus stop locations within a named boundary by coordinating multiple online search agents. Search agents were designed to follow a common model to allow for future development of agent types, including specialist agents used in the case study to search standard open web services and extract spatial features.

dc.publisherKorean Spatial Information Society
dc.titleDistributed agents for online spatial searches
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume24
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage191
dcterms.source.endPage202
dcterms.source.issn2366-3286
dcterms.source.titleSpatial Information Research
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The final publication is available at Springer via http://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-016-0020-3

curtin.departmentDepartment of Spatial Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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