A multiagent knowledge and information network approach for managing research assets

1. A multiagent knowledge and information network approach for managing research assets • Francisco J. Cantú, Héctor G. Ceballos

2. E3 E2 E4 Intranet E11 E12 E6 E1m E5 E7 Extranet En Figure 1. Knowledge and information network with internal and external elements

3. consumed by Research products HumanResources • Publications • Inventions • Research professors • Research assistants • Postdoctoral positions • Students creates sells suports produced on Research Programs groups around • Academic curricula • Departments and centers • Laboratories • Business incubators Figure 2. Conceptual model of the knowledge and information network

4. Publications Non-refereed Refereed Spread out Books Specialized Spread out Magazine article Editorial article Review Commentary Text book Research book Edited book Book chapter Translation Compendium Antology Monography Compilation White paper Editorial note Press release Critique Invention Articles in indexed journal Conference article Industrial design Utility model Industrial secret Trade mark Technical report In-extenso Patent Abstract Presentation Figure 3. Research products: publication taxonomy

5. Publicaciones No-Arbitradas Arbitradas Divulgación Books Científicas e Innovación Divulgación Magazine Revista Revisión Texto Investigación Editado Capítulo Traducción Compendio Antología Monografía Compilación White paper Editorial Reporte de Prensa Crítica Invención Artículos en revistas indizadas Artículos de conferencia Diseño Industrial Modelo de Utilidad Secreto Industrial Marca registrada Reporte técnico In-extenso Patente Resumen Ponencia Figure 3. Research products: publication taxonomy

6. Human resources Researchers Research staff Research Professors Research Associates Students Officers Technical Administrative • Postdoctoral Researchers • Research assistants • Doctoral • Master • Undergraduate Figure 4. Intellectual capital: human resources taxonomy

7. Research programs Curricula Research units R&D projects • Internal or external sponsorship • Deliverables • Staff • Duration • Departments • Centers • Laboratories • Experimentsl units • Business incubators • Graduate • Undergraduate • High-school Figure 5. Research program taxonomy

8. CV Rolles 1. Research Professors 8. User hierarchy 2. Students 7. Research groups Progress report Productivity 6. Departments, Centers, labs, incubators Performance 3. Publications Publications report 4. Projects 5. Curricula Queries Search Performance Indicadores Figure 6. Knowledge and information network repositories

9. KIN Platform Admin User External Systems Figure 7. Knowledge and information network platform

10. InformationSystem K-I Interpreter MAS KMS Admin User KIN Platform External Systems Figure 8. Knowledge and information network platform architecture

11. K-I Interpreter Client Agents Admin User Repository Management Agents Utility Agents Multiagent system Figure 9. Multiagent system architecture

12. MultiagentSystem Useragent Clientlayer External Agent Knowledge Management System Repositorymanagementlayer …. Repositorymanagement 1 Repositorymanagement n Guardianagent Guardianagent Corretionagent Publicationagent Corretionagent Publicationagent Admin Auditingagent Auditingagent Dataminingagent Dataminingagent Ontology Utilitylayer Web crawleragent Web servicesagent Databaseagent Email server agent Ontology agent K-I Interpreter Web Web sites and portals Email server Databases Figure 10. Types of agents at each MAS layer

13. Multiagent System Client layer Useragent Useragent Repository Management Layer Publications Repository KMS Guardianagent Auditor agent Auditing Rules Author Expert Correctionagent Correction Rules Utility layer Log Monitor agent Databaseagent Email server agent K-I Interpreter InformationSystem Logs Database Email server Figure 11. Multiagent system scenario for auditing publications

14. RCMO Protege Ontology Editor K-I Interpreter P-RCMO Ext. user Data sources Admin I-K Mappings Ext. Ontology Knowledge Management System Figure 12. The Knowledge Management System

15. Multiagent System D2R Server Information SystemDatabases Knowledge Management System Command Library K-I Intepreter Web Web sites and portals Databases Email server Figure 13. The Knowledge-Information Interpreter

16. Inconsistency Detection Expert Assessment Automatic Correction Author Notification Publication confidence / Unnecessary Human Intervention Figure 14. Causal network of automatic repository consistency maintenance

17. Figure 15. Author association interface

18. Figure 16. Statistical report