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Spatial Tuples: Augmenting Reality with Tuples

Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini, Stefano Mariani, Angelo Croatti, Danilo Pianini
We introduce Spatial Tuples, an extension of the basic tuple-based model for distributed multi-agent system coordination where (i) tuples are conceptually placed in regions of the physical world and possibly move anchored to a mobile computational device, (ii) the behaviour of standard Linda coordination primitives is extended so as to depend on the spatial properties of the coordinating agents, tuples, and the topology of space, and (iii) the tuple space can be conceived as a virtual layer augmenting physical reality. Motivated by the needs of mobile augmented-reality applications, Spatial Tuples explicitly aims at supporting space-aware and space-based coordination in agent-based pervasive computing scenarios. This paper presents the coordination model, its formalisation as a process algebra, a library of patterns of coordination it enables, and a discussion of application scenarios, challenges, and open issues for future works.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, coordination, pervasive computing, spatial computing, software engineering
Expert Systems 35(5), October 2018.
David Camacho, Paulo Novais (eds.), Wiley
Special Issue: New trends and innovations in intelligent distributed computing 
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	Author = {Ricci, Alessandro and Viroli, Mirko and Omicini, Andrea and Mariani, Stefano and Croatti, Angelo and Pianini, Danilo},
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	Doi = {10.1111/exsy.12273},
	Editor = {Camacho, David and Novais, Paulo},
	IrisId = {11585/646034},
	Issn = {0266-4720},
	Journal = {Expert Systems},
	Keywords = {Artificial intelligence, coordination, pervasive computing, spatial computing, software engineering},
	Month = oct,
	Note = {{S}pecial Issue: New trends and innovations in intelligent distributed computing},
	Number = 5,
	Publisher = {Wiley},
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	Title = {Spatial Tuples: Augmenting Reality with Tuples},
	Url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/exsy.12273},
	Volume = 35,
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