Decentralized real-time control of water distribution networks using self-organizing multi-agent systems

Proceedings - 2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 223-232

  Dötsch, Florian ^a   Denzinger, Jörg ^b   Kasinger, Holger ^a   Bauer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired; Infochemicals; Multi agent system; Self organization; Water distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED; COORDINATION STRATEGY; DECENTRALIZED COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; HUMAN OPERATOR; INFOCHEMICALS; REAL-WORLD; SELF ORGANIZING; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZING MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; WATER DISTRIBUTION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

CYBERNETICS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; PUMPS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TOWERS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952062009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SASO.2010.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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