Rice Smart: Web-based Multi-Agent Communication Platform for Rice Production

Abstract

Complex Adaptive systems demonstrate a new paradigm for solving real world complex problems. Multi-agent System Technology is one of the most powerful technology used to build complex adaptive systems. This paper presents a web based multi agent system named RiceSmart which provides an efficient and effective communication platform for the people who are engaged in rice production industry. This system provides five types of agents as farmer, miller, buyer, seller and transporter, to represent key persons in the rice production industry. The agents in the system works as web clients and they have been designed through using both PHP and AJAX. RiceSmart is a Extended version of the Rice Express. Through the agent communication, system should able to allow joint selling and buying facility to take maximum profit from both ends. The RiceSmart has been successfully tested in the practical environment, and successful results were obtained.