Industrial Agents
Emerging Applications of Software Agents in Industry

An edited work presenting the latest research and industry applications of agent-based software systems

Paulo Leitão (Edited by), Stamatis Karnouskos (Edited by)

9780128003411, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 13 March 2015

476 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3 cm, 1 kg

"...provides an extended survey of the field, contrasting, comparing, and citing every notable research effort that has contributed to the current state of the art...a summary of phase one, and the launching platform for stage two in industrial agent development."
-- Computing Reviews

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 and roadmap applicable to multiple industries. This edited work is guided and co-authored by leaders of the IEEE Technical Committee on Industrial Agents who represent both academic and industry perspectives and share the latest research along with their hands-on experiences prototyping and deploying industrial agents in industrial scenarios.

1. Definition of Industrial Agents
2. Requirements
3. Methodologies and technologies
4. Ontologies
5. Service-oriented architectures and Web services
6. Low-level control
7. Simulation
8. Standardization
9. Benchmarking
10. Emergent topics (self-organization)
11. Example Applications
12. Vision
13. Road-blockers
14. Roadmap
15. Markets/ application domains

Subject Areas: Machine learning [UYQM], Artificial intelligence [UYQ], Computer programming / software development [UM]