Multi-agent Based Distributed Monitoring and Control of Hazard Installations

Distributed and remote monitoring and control are important to manage the distributed major hazard installations and to keep people and properties from dangers. In the present paper, we propose the multi-agent group (MAG) model which involves 5 agents with complementary functions for monitoring and control of hazard installations. The distributed MAGs can achieve the distributed monitoring and control goal for hazard installations. The SNMP based structure of the Remote Communication Agent (RCA) is analyzed, based on which different monitoring modes can be established flexibly. The RCA controls the network communication traffic in an intelligent way, it learns from the environment and negotiates with other RCAs. Factors contributing to the periods of dynamic data transmitting are analyzed. During the monitoring and control process the data transmitting periods can be adjusted according to the change of environment.