VigilAgent for the development of agent-based multi-robot surveillance systems

Abstract

Usually, surveillance applications are developed following an ad-hoc approach instead of using a methodology to guide stakeholders in achieving quality standards expected from commercial software. To solve this gap, our conjecture is that surveillance applications can be fully developed from their initial design stages by means of agent-based methodologies. Specifically, this paper describes the experience and the results of using a multi-agent systems approach according to the process provided by the VigilAgent methodology to develop a mobile robots surveillance application. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.