An Intelligent Agent Framework for Resilient Deployment in the Internet of Things Environment

In the last few years, the use of technology for post-disaster management is encouraged on different platforms. The technological advancements have provided an opportunity to utilize the automated and real-time communication and computation. The evolution of the Internet of Things has played a vital role in sensing and communication of the sensed activities from anywhere in the world. However, the automated deployment of devices is one of the major concerns, especially with the heterogeneous characteristics of intelligent devices and ever changing environmental conditions. Additionally, there is a need to model the intelligent entities existing in the IoT environment under an umbrella framework, so that the cooperation and coordination can emerge from the operation of these devices in the network. In this context, this paper proposes an agent-based cooperative intelligent framework to map the operation of devices in the IoT environment. Furthermore, an N-level agent-based deployment algorithm is proposed which utilizes the collective intelligence to provide optimized coverage in the region of interest. The proposal is evaluated on the IoT-based platform to test its efficacy.