Industrial agents emerging applications of software agents in industry
Industrial Agents explains how multi-agent systems improve collaborative networks to offer dynamic service changes, customization, improved quality and reliability, and flexible infrastructure. Learn how these platforms can offer distributed intelligent management and control functions with communic...
| Otros Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629838506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Front Cover""; ""Industrial Agents: Emerging Applications of Software Agents in Industry""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Part I: Industrial Agents: Concepts Anddefinitions""; ""Chapter 1: Software Agent Systems""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Fundamentals of Agents and Agent-Based Systems""; ""1.2.1. Agents and Agent Properties""; ""1.2.2. Types of Agents""; ""1.2.3. Multi-Agent Systems and Their Properties""; ""1.2.4. Agent Communication""; ""1.2.6. Development Support for Agent-Based Systems""
- ""1.2.6.1. Development Toolkits and Frameworks for MASs""""1.2.6.2. Agent-Oriented Programming Languages""; ""1.2.6.3. Agent-Based Software Development Methodologies""; ""1.2.7. MAS-Based Simulation Environments""; ""1.3. Supporting Technologies and Concepts""; ""1.3.1. Ontologies""; ""1.3.2. Self-Organization and Emergence""; ""1.3.2.1. Self-Organization""; ""1.3.2.2. Emergence""; ""1.3.3. Swarm Intelligence and Stigmergy""; ""1.4. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Industrial Agents""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Modern Industrial Manufacturing Systems and Their Requirements""
- ""2.3. Architectural Types of Industrial Manufacturing Systems""""2.4. The Holonic Paradigm and MAS-Based Holonic Systems""; ""2.5. Development Tools for Industrial MASs""; ""2.6. How MASs Can Nourish Other Industrial Approaches""; ""2.7. Industrial MASs: Challenges and Research Areas""; ""2.8. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: The Design, Deployment, and Assessment of Industrial Agent Systems""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Distributed versus Self-Organizing Design""; ""3.3. Design Challenges and Directions""; ""3.3.1. Coupled Design""; ""3.3.2. Embedded Design""
- ""3.3.3. Design Guidelines""""3.4. Deployment""; ""3.5. Assessment""; ""3.6. Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Part: Industrial Agents: Related Concepts and Technologies ""; ""Chapter 4: Industrial Agents in the Era of Service-Oriented Architectures and Cloud-Based Industrial Infrastructures""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Technologies""; ""4.2.1. Toward SOAs""; ""4.2.2. Toward Web Service-Enabled Devices: DPWS, REST, OPC-UA""; ""4.2.3. Cloud-Based Industrial Systems""; ""4.3. Bridging Agents and SOA-Enabled Devices""; ""4.3.1. Agent and Service Commonalities""
- ""4.3.2. Approaches to Combine Agents and Services""""4.3.3. Enterprise Service Bus-Based Solutions""; ""4.4. Use Case: Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Simulation by Coupling Software Agents and Physical Devices""; ""4.5. Use Case: Service-Oriented Industrial Automation System""; ""4.6. Conclusions and Future Directions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Distributed Real-Time Automation And Control - Reactive Control Layer For Industrial Agents""; ""5.1. Introduction/Motivation""; ""5.2. RCLs for Industrial Agents""; ""5.3. Standard-Based Realization""
- ""5.3.1. PLC-Based Control with IEC 61131�3""
