O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.)G. M. P. (Greg M. P.)O'HareGrady, Michael J.Michael J.GradyJurdak, RajaRajaJurdakMuldoon, ConorConorMuldoonO'Connor, Noel E.Noel E.O'ConnorÓ Conaire, CiaránCiaránÓ ConaireKelly, PhilipPhilipKelly2013-08-152013-08-152007, Worl2007-07-18http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4540The 5th International Conference on Intelligent Multimedia and Ambient Intelligence (IMAI'07), Salt Lake City, Utah, 18-24 July, 2007Visual sensors are an indispensable prerequisite for those AmI environments that require a surveillance component. One practical issue concerns maximizing the operational longevity of such sensors as the operational lifetime of an AmI environment itself is dependent on that of its constituent components. In this paper, the intelligent agent paradigm is considered as a basis for managing a camera collective such that the conflicting demands of power usage optimization and system performance are reconciled.enElectronic version of an article published as Information Sciences 2007, : pp. 1447-1453. DOI: 10.1142/9789812709677_0206 © World Scientific Publishing Company http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812709677_0206AmI environmentIntelligent agentPower usage optimizationSystem performanceConference Publication10.1142/9789812709677_02062013-08-01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/