Research Supervision Management Via A Multi-Agent Framework

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Authors:
Omar JASSIM, Moamin MAHMOUD, Mohd Sharifuddin AHMAD

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.14201/ADCAIJ2014342434

Volume:
Regular Issue 3 (4), 2014

Keywords:

Task Management; Supervision Management; Research Development Activities; Intelligent Software Agents

In this paper, we propose an agent-based framework to enhance, control and manage the research supervision process. The proposed framework consists of three phases which are Research Development Activities, Performance and Completion Measurement, and Tracking Activities. The Research Development Activities phase proposes a number of activities to develop a research. Performance and Completion Measurement phase works on measuring a student performance and expected completion date. The Tracking Activities phase presents the proposed activities to track and trigger a student’s tasks. Four actors constitute the proposed framework which are, a supervisor, a student, a system administrator and a software agent. Each actor has a role and is authorized to perform specific functions. We discuss the components of the framework as possible implementation for a general application of research supervision management.

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