Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in

Agent–Based Approach for LabVIEW Developed Distributed Control Systems

  • Conference paper
Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2007)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 4496))

  • 894 Accesses

Abstract

Idea of networked software agents is particularly popular in the field of information sciences dealing with distributed content, whereas in industrial automation its use is usually limited to manufacturing systems. This work presents a concept of multi–agent networked system for automation of continuous processes. Some properties of typical software agent (i.e. advanced high level languages and social skills) had to be dropped in exchange for determinism and satisfying time performance in negotiations between network–connected control components. The proposed environment is National Instruments LabVIEW, very popular solution for automation and measurement. LabVIEW is equipped with advanced data acquisition tools and is capable of artificial intelligence methods, although it lacks agentification mechanisms. A framework is presented, providing LabVIEW the required functionality.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Bigus, J.P., Bigus, J.: Constructing Intelligent Agents Using Java, 2nd edn. John Wiley & Sons, New York (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Sobecki, J., Nguyen, N.: Consensus–based adaptive interface construction for multiplatform Web applications. In: Liu, J., Cheung, Y.-m., Yin, H. (eds.) IDEAL 2003. LNCS, vol. 2690, pp. 457–461. Springer, Heidelberg (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Jennings, N.R., Bussman, S.: Agent–Based Control Systems. IEEE Control Systems Magazine 23, 61–74 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. van Breemen, A., de Vries, T.: An Agent–Based Framework for Designing Multi–Controller Systems. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on The Practical Applications of Intelligent Agents and Multi–Agent Technology, pp. 219–235 (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Metzger, M.: TCP/IP–based virtual control systems – a low cost alternative for realistic simulation of control systems. In: Proceedings of the 13th SCS European Simulation Symposium, Marseille, pp. 140–143. SCS Publication, San Diego (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Metzger, M.: Agent–Based Simulation of Flexible, Distributed Control Systems. In: Proceedings of 9th IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, pp. 1183–1188 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Ferber, J.: Multi–agent systems – an introduction to distributed artificial intelligence. Addison-Wesley, Reading (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Wooldridge, M.: An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Jennings, N.R., Sycara, K., Wooldridge, M.: A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development. Autonomous Agents and Multi–Agent Systems 1(1), 7–38 (1998)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Weiss, G. (ed.): Multiagent Systems. A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence. MIT Press, Cambridge (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Knapik, M., Johnson, J.: Developing Intelligent Agent for Distributed Systems. McGraw-Hill, New York (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Polaków, G., Metzger, M.: Design and Implementation of Ethernet–Based Horizontal Communication Scheme Using LabVIEW. In: Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, pp. 829–834 (2006)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Polaków, G., Metzger, M.: Programming LabVIEW–Based Producer/Consumer Communication for Distributed Control Systems. In: Proceedings of IFAC Workshop on Programmable Devices and Embedded Systems, Brno, pp. 322–327 (2006)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Pirttioja, T., Seilonen, I., Appelqvist, P., Halme, A., Koskinen, K.: Agent–Based Architecture for Information Handling in Automation Systems. In: Emerging Solutions for Future Manufacturing Systems. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol. 159, pp. 73–80. Springer, Boston (2005)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44–100 Gliwice, Poland

    Grzegorz Polaków & Mieczysław Metzger

Authors
  1. Grzegorz Polaków
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mieczysław Metzger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Ngoc Thanh Nguyen Adam Grzech Robert J. Howlett Lakhmi C. Jain

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Polaków, G., Metzger, M. (2007). Agent–Based Approach for LabVIEW Developed Distributed Control Systems. In: Nguyen, N.T., Grzech, A., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. KES-AMSTA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4496. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72830-6_3

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72830-6_3

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-72829-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-72830-6

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation