CV-Muzar using a multiagent system for group formation

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present two agents' societies responsible for group formation (sub-communities) in CV-Muzar (Augusto Ruschi Zoobotanical Museum Virtual Community of the University of Passo Fundo). The first is a static society that intends to investigate the groups in the CVMuzar. The second is a dynamical society that will analyze the existing groups and look for participants that have common subjects in order to constitute a subcommunity. The formation of sub-communities is a new module within the CVMuzar that intends to bring the participants together according to two scopes: similarity of interests and knowledge complementarities. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2009.