Safe-Guarded Multi-Agent Control for Mechatronic Systems: Implementation Framework and Design Patterns

P.B. Dao

doi:10.3990/1.9789036531481

Safe-Guarded Multi-Agent Control for Mechatronic Systems: Implementation Framework and Design Patterns

P.B. Dao

University of Twente

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This thesis addresses two issues: (i) developing an implementation framework for Multi-Agent Control Systems (MACS); and (ii) developing a pattern-based safe-guarded MACS design method. The Multi-Agent Controller Implementation Framework (MACIF), developed by Van Breemen (2001), is selected as the starting point because of its capability to produce MACS for solving complex control problems with two useful features: •MACS is hierarchically structured in terms of a coordinated group of elementary and/or composite controller-agents; •MACS has an open architecture such that controller-agents can be added, modified or removed without redesigning and/or reprogramming the remaining part of the MACS.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	University of Twente
Supervisors/Advisors	van Amerongen, Job, Supervisor de Vries, T.J.A., Co-Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Grant from Vietnamese government
Award date	3 Feb 2011
Place of Publication	Enschede
Publisher	University of Twente
Print ISBNs	978-90-365-3148-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036531481
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2011

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Control engineering
Agents

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