Capabilities of dynamic reconfiguration of multiagent-based industrial control systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-223

  Vrba, Pavel ^a   Mǎrík, Vladimír ^a,b  

^a Rockwell Automation sro   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Dynamic path planning; Industrial automation; Material flow control; Reconfigurable systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; DYNAMIC PATH PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; MATERIAL FLOW CONTROL; RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC MODELS; FLOW CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77249104871     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2009.2034863     Document Type: Article

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