F-trade 3.0: An agent-based integrated framework for Data mining experiments

Data mining researches focus on algorithms that mine valuable patterns from particular domain. Apart from the theoretical research, experiments take a vast amount of effort to build. In this paper, we propose an integrated framework that utilises a multi-agent system to support the researchers to rapidly develop experiments. Moreover, the proposed framework allows extension and integration for future researches in mutual aspects of agent and data mining. The paper describes the details of the framework and also presents a sample implementation. © 2008 IEEE

Obtaining an optimal MAS configuration for agent-enhanced mining using constraint optimization

We investigate an interaction mechanism between agents and data mining, and focus on agent-enhanced mining. Existing data mining tools use workflow to capture user requirements. The workflow enactment can be improved with a suitable underlying execution layer, which is a Multi-Agent System (MAS). From this perspective, we propose a strategy to obtain an optimal MAS configuration from a given workflow when resource access restrictions and communication cost constraints are concerned, which is essentially a constraint optimization problem. In this paper, we show how workflow is modeled in the way that can be optimized, and how the optimized model is used to obtain an optimal MAS configuration. Finally, we demonstrate that our strategy can improve the load balancing and reduce the communication cost during the workflow enactment

i-Analyst: An agent-based distributed data mining platform

User-friendliness and performance are important properties of data mining and analysis tools. In this demo, we introduced an agent-based distributed data mining platform that allows users to manage and share the data-mining-related resources conveniently. Furthermore, the platform employs agents for workflow enactment in which the performance is improved with agent abilities. We also present an example to illustrate how the platform works in distributed environment. The performance is relatively competitive with non-agent approach when data is highly distributed and large. © 2010 IEEE

Agent-based distributed data mining: A survey

Distributed data mining is originated from the need of mining over decentralised data sources. Data mining techniques involving in such complex environment must encounter great dynamics due to changes in the system can affect the overall performance of the system. Agent computing whose aim is to deal with complex systems has revealed opportunities to improve distributed data mining systems in a number of ways. This paper surveys the integration of multi-agent system and distributed data mining, also known as agent-based distributed data mining, in terms of significance, system overview, existing systems, and research trends. © 2009 Springer-Verlag US

Integrating workflow into agent-based distributed data mining systems

Agent-based workflow has been proven its potential in overcoming issues in traditional workflow-based systems, such as decentralization, organizational issues, etc. The existing data mining tools provide workflow metaphor for data mining process visualization, audition and monitoring; these are particularly useful for distributed environments. In agent-based distributed data mining (ADDM), agents are an integral part of the system and can seamlessly incorporate with workflows. We describe a mechanism to use workflow in descriptive and executable styles to incorporate between workflow generators and executors. This paper shows that agent-based workflows can improve ADDM interoperability and flexibility, and also demonstrates the concepts and implementation with a supporting the argument, a multi-agent architecture and an agent-based workflow model are demonstrated. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

A Multi-Agent Based Approach To Clustering: Harnessing The Power of Agents

Abstract. A framework for multi-agent based clustering is described whereby individual agents represent individual clusters. A particular feature of the framework is that, after an initial cluster configuration has been generated, the agents are able to negotiate with a view to improving on this initial clustering. The framework can be used in the context of a number of clustering paradigms, two are investigated: K-means and KNN. The reported evaluation demonstrates that negotiation can serve to improve on an initial cluster configuration