On the engineering design for systematic integration of agent-orientation in industrial automation

ISA Transactions

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1404-1409

  Yu, Liyong ^a   Schüller, Andreas ^a   Epple, Ulrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent orientation; IEC 61131 3; Industrial automation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION;

AGENT ORIENTATION; AGENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT; AUTOMATION INDUSTRY; AUTOMATION STANDARDS; IEC61131-3; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 84908118208     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2013.12.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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