Data Transfer between Agents in a Multi-Agent System in the Domain of Energy Management in Electric Vehicles

• Carlos E. da Veiga IFSC
• Ronaldo S. Mello UFSC
• Carlos Ramos Polytechnic of Port
• Juan Manuel Corchado University of Salamanca
• Carina F. Dorneles UFSC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/erbd.2024.238833

Abstract

Electric vehicle energy management comprises a set of procedures and activities whose ultimate focus is to optimize energy use. In this scenario, in recent years, much research has been developed to provide frameworks to assist these procedures and activities through Machine Learning techniques and multi-agent systems. However, these works do not detail the data management involved in these environments, not even how the data models are structured, including considering the issue of secrecy of sensitive data. This paper proposes a multi-agent system model, and details the transfer and sharing of data between the involved agents. The tests carried out demonstrate the efficiency of the adopted model and the security in the exchange of data between agents.

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