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An Operational Approach for Implementing Normative Agents in Urban Wastewater Systems

 

Un enfoque operacional para implementar agentes normativos en sistemas urbanos de aguas residuales

 

Juan Carlos Nieves¹, Dario Garcia–Gasulla¹, Montse Aulinas², and Ulises Cortés¹

 

¹ Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning group (KEMLg), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. Correo: jcnieves@lsi.upc.edu, dariog,ia@lsi.upc.edu.

² Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona, Girona, Spain. Correo: aulinas@lequia.udg.cat.

 

Article received on 27/03/2010.
Accepted on 14/12/2010.

 

Abstract

Water quality management policies on a river basin scale are of special importance in order to prevent and/or reduce environmental pollution caused by human sources. Industrial effluents are a priority issue particularly in Urban Wastewater Systems (UWS) that receive mixed household and industrial wastewaters, apart from rainfall water. In this paper, we present an analysis and implementation of normative agents that capture concrete regulations of the Catalan pollution–prevention policies. The implementation of the normative agents is based on Situation Calculus.

Keywords: Rational agents, environmental decision support systems, practical normative reasoning, situation calculus.

 

Resumen

Las políticas de gestión de la calidad del agua a nivel de cuenca hidrográfica son especialmente importantes para la prevención y/o reducción de la polución originada por el hombre en el medio ambiente. Los efluentes industriales son un elemento prioritario particularmente en los Sistemas Urbanos de Aguas Residuales (SUAR) que reciben mezcladas las aguas residuales provenientes de viviendas particulares y de industrias, así como el agua de lluvia. En este artículo, presentamos un análisis y una implementación de agentes normativos que capturan las regulaciones específicas de las políticas Catalanas de prevención de la polución. La implementación de los agentes normativos está basada en el Cálculo de Situaciones.

Palabras clave: Agentes racionales, sistemas de ayuda a la toma de decisiones, razonamiento práctico normativos, cálculo de situaciones.

 

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Acknowledgements

Numerous discussions with J. Vázquez–Salceda helped us to clarify our ideas. This work has been partially supported by the FP7 European project ALIVE IST–215890. The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily those of the ALIVE consortium.

 

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