Holonic Execution: A BDI Approach
Holonic Execution: A BDI Approach

Author: Jacqueline Jarvis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-05-30

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 3540774785

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This book contains the latest research on intelligent holonic execution. It presents a conceptual model for Holonic Manufacturing Execution that draws together research threads from both holonics and multi-agent systems. The book presents the model by mapping it onto two current BDI programming frameworks, and uses this for two separate implementations of an execution system for an industrial strength robotic assembly cell. This work also introduces the Team Programming paradigm.

Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi Agent Manufacturing and Robotics
Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi Agent Manufacturing and Robotics

Author: Theodor Borangiu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 3642358527

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The book covers four research domains representing a trend for modern manufacturing control: Holonic and Multi-agent technologies for industrial systems; Intelligent Product and Product-driven Automation; Service Orientation of Enterprise’s strategic and technical processes; and Distributed Intelligent Automation Systems. These evolution lines have in common concepts related to service orientation derived from the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm. The service-oriented multi-agent systems approach discussed in the book is characterized by the use of a set of distributed autonomous and cooperative agents, embedded in smart components that use the SOA principles, being oriented by offer and request of services, in order to fulfil production systems and value chain goals. A new integrated vision combining emergent technologies is offered, to create control structures with distributed intelligence supporting the vertical and horizontal enterprise integration and running in truly distributed and global working environments. The service value creation model at enterprise level consists into using Service Component Architectures for business process applications, based on entities which handle services. In this componentization view, a service is a piece of software encapsulating the business/control logic or resource functionality of an entity that exhibits an individual competence and responds to a specific request to fulfil a local (product) or global (batch) objective. The service value creation model at enterprise level consists into using Service Component Architectures for business process applications, based on entities which handle services. In this componentization view, a service is a piece of software encapsulating the business/control logic or resource functionality of an entity that exhibits an individual competence and responds to a specific request to fulfil a local (product) or global (batch) objective.

Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing

Author: Vladimír Mařík

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 3642231802

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2011, held in Toulouse, France, August 29-31, 2011. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on industrial agents, simulation and modelling, planning and scheduling, smart technical systems, and MAS for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Multiagent Systems and Applications
Multiagent Systems and Applications

Author: Dennis Jarvis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-14

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3642333206

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Since its conception almost 30 years ago, the BDI (Belief Desire Intention) model of agency has become established, along with Soar, as the approach of choice for practitioners in the development of knowledge intensive agent applications. However, in developing BDI agent applications for over 15 years, the authors of this book have observed a disconnect between what the BDI model provides and what is actually required of an agent model in order to build practical systems. The GORITE BDI framework was developed to address this gap and this book is written for students, researchers and practitioners who wish to gain a practical understanding of how GORITE is used to develop BDI agent applications. In this regard, a feature of the book is the use of complete, annotated examples. As GORITE is a Java framework, a familiarity with Java (or a similar language) is assumed, but no prior knowledge of the BDI model is required.

New Computational Methods in Power System Reliability
New Computational Methods in Power System Reliability

Author: David Elmakias

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-05-22

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 3540778128

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Power system reliability is the focus of intensive study due to its critical role in providing energy supply to modern society. This comprehensive book describes application of some new specific techniques: universal generating function method and its combination with Monte Carlo simulation and with random processes methods, Semi-Markov and Markov reward models and genetic algorithm. The book can be considered as complementary to power system reliability textbooks.

Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and their Applications
Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and their Applications

Author: Oleg Okun

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-04-20

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 3540789812

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This book results from the workshop on Supervised and Unsupervised Ensemble Methods and their Applications (briefly, SUEMA) in June 2007 in Girona, Spain. This workshop was held alongside the 3rd Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis.

Health Informatics
Health Informatics

Author: Evelyn J. S. Hovenga

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1607500922

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This second, extensively revised and updated edition of Health Informatics: An Overview includes new topics which address contemporary issues and challenges and shift the focus on the health problem space towards a computer perspective.

Multiagent Systems and Applications
Multiagent Systems and Applications

Author: Maria Ganzha

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-10-06

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 3642333230

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The focus of the book is on completed implementations of agent-based software systems. Here, agent technology is considered broadly, starting from development of agent platforms, all the way through systems actually implemented. The covered topics also include lessons learned during implementation of agent platforms and the reflection on the process of development and application of agent-based systems. The book includes 10 chapters where interested reader can find discussion of important issues encountered during development of well-known agent platforms such as JADE and Jadex as well as some interesting experiences in developing a new platform that combines software agent and Web Services. Furthermore, the book shows readers several valuable examples of applications based on multi-agent systems including simulations, agents in autonomous negotiations and agents in public administration modelling. We believe that the book will prove useful to the researchers, professors and the practitioners in all disciplines including science and technology.

Hybrid Metaheuristics
Hybrid Metaheuristics

Author: Christian Blum

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-06-24

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 3540782958

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Optimization problems are of great importance across a broad range of fields. They can be tackled, for example, by approximate algorithms such as metaheuristics. This book is intended both to provide an overview of hybrid metaheuristics to novices of the field, and to provide researchers from the field with a collection of some of the most interesting recent developments. The authors involved in this book are among the top researchers in their domain.

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Networked Manufacturing Enterprises Management
Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Networked Manufacturing Enterprises Management

Author: Lyes Benyoucef

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-05-10

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1849961190

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Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Networked Manufacturing Enterprises Management addresses prominent concepts and applications of AI technologies in the management of networked manufacturing enterprises. The aim of this book is to align latest practices, innovation and case studies with academic frameworks and theories, where AI techniques are used efficiently for networked manufacturing enterprises. More specifically, it includes the latest research results and projects at different levels addressing quick-response system, theoretical performance analysis, performance and capability demonstration. The role of emerging AI technologies in the modelling, evaluation and optimisation of networked enterprises’ activities at different decision levels is also covered. Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Networked Manufacturing Enterprises Management is a valuable guide for postgraduates and researchers in industrial engineering, computer science, automation and operations research.