Distributed multi-agent architecture for automation systems

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 49-56

  Maturana, Francisco P ^a   Tichý, Pavel ^b   Šlechta, Petr ^b   Discenzo, Fred ^a   Staron, Raymond J ^a   Hall, Kenwood ^a  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (United States)

^b Rockwell Automation sro   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Control system; Distributed; Emergent; Multi agent system; Reconfiguration; Reduced scale advanced development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242406765     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00068-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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