A multiagent-system framework for hierarchical control and monitoring of complex process control systems

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5357 LNAI, Issue , 2008, Pages 381-388

  Van Tan, Vu ^a   Yoo, Dae Seung ^a   Yi, Myeong Jae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hierarchical control; Multiagent; OPC; Process control; XML

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MARKUP LANGUAGES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; XML;

AUTOMATION CONTROLS; COMPLEX PROCESSING; DESIGN CRITERION; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); MULTIAGENT; OPC; PROCESS CONTROL APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM FRAMEWORK;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 58449111552     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89674-6_42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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