An agent-based approach to reconciling data heterogeneity in cyber-physical systems

IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing Workshops and Phd Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-103

  Lin, Jing ^a   Sedigh, Sahra ^a   Hurson, Ali R ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber physical systems; Intelligent water distribution; Multi agent; Multidatabase; Semantic interpretation service; Summary schemas model

Indexed keywords

CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT WATER DISTRIBUTION; MULTI-AGENT; MULTIDATABASES; SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION SERVICE; SUMMARY-SCHEMAS MODELS;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC WORKS; SEMANTICS; SENSORS; SMART POWER GRIDS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 83455188275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2011.130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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