Industrial agents : emerging applications of software agents in industry / edited by Paulo Leitão, Stamatis Karnouskos ; designer, Matthew Limbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karnouskos, Stamatis, author.

Contributor:

Leitão, Paulo, editor.

Karnouskos, Stamatis, editor.

Limbert, Matthew, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 communication, cooperation and synchronization capabilities, and also provide for the behavior specifications of the smart components of the system. The book offers not only an introduction to industrial agents, but also clarifies and positions the vision, on-going efforts, example applications, assessment

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128004111

0128004118

9780128003411

0128003413

OCLC:

905992660