Future SCADA challenges and the promising solution: The agent-based SCADA

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 307-333

  Abbas, Hosny A ^a  

^a Automatic Control Department Qena Paper Company   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agent based approach; Critical information systems; Critical infrastructures; Future SCADA; Multi agent systems and its applications; SCADA challenges; Smart grids; The agent based SCADA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MONITORING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC WORKS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; FUTURE SCADA; ITS APPLICATIONS; SCADA CHALLENGES; SMART GRID;

SCADA SYSTEMS;

EID: 84919638813     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2014.066354     Document Type: Article

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