Implementation of automation agents for batch process automation

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 524-529

  Lepuschitz, Wilfried ^a   Koppensteiner, Gottfried ^a,b   Barta, Manuel ^b   Nguyen, Thanh Tung ^b   Reinprecht, Constantin ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Vienna Institute of Technology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED COMMUNICATION; AUTOMATION AGENT; BATCH PROCESS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL MARKET; IN-PROCESS; LABORATORY PROCESS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 77954422023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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