On the design of scientific awareness systems in the field of the history of mathematics using multi-agent technologies

It is well known that modern historians of the physical and mathematical sciences have to devote a lot of time and effort to routine work related to the formation of a thematic database in the chosen field of research, as well as the search for primary sources and for the historical-scientific content (memoirs, letters, articles for anniversaries, etc.). Another labor-intensive part of the researcher’s activity (regardless of the sphere of interests) is related to scientific-organizational and scientific-methodological nature’s questions, such as participation in conferences and seminars, search for journals for publication, search for grants for financial support, etc. The development of the theory of expert systems and neural network algorithms made it possible to build electronic systems of scientific awareness in the field of the history of science, performing a significant part of the above tasks. This will allow to spend more time to the main work of the scientist – obtaining new results. In accordance with the principles of knowledge engineering, it is proposed to include trained electronic agents with artificial intelligence in the structure of the scientific awareness system of the historian of mathematics, which will allow solving complex search problems, as well as forming databases and knowledge bases in the relevant subject area. The authors present a variant of the interface of the system of scientific awareness in the field of the history of mathematics, which includes a learning subsystem containing lecture material and information of an encyclopedic nature, as well as the following functional blocks

• search;
• formation of databases of publications and primary sources;
• seminars and conferences;
• forums and social networks of scientists;
• grant support;
• formation of a database of universities implementing educational programs in the field of history of mathematics;
• joint work on scientific projects.