Distributed intelligent control system for a continuous-state plant

Author

Stothert, Alec ; MacLeod, Ian M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

395

Lastpage

401

Abstract

Continuous-state plants place specific demands on the structure and operation of multi-agent, multi-paradigm distributed intelligent controllers. An investigation of the use of distributed artificial intelligence techniques for continuous-state control is presented. The choice of agents and how they interact to control a continuous-state plant is discussed. A distinction between a priori and operational knowledge is introduced to simplify and aid the design of distributed intelligent controllers. A simulation study of a controller designed for a deep-shaft mine winder serves to demonstrate the application of distributed intelligent control to a continuous-state plant

Keywords

control system synthesis; cooperative systems; distributed control; intelligent control; mining; software agents; winding (process); continuous-state control; continuous-state plant; controller design; deep-shaft mine winder; distributed artificial intelligence; distributed intelligent control system; multi-agent systems; multiparadigm controllers; real time; simulation; Artificial intelligence; Communication system control; Control systems; Distributed control; Helium; Industrial control; Intelligent control; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent structures; Large-scale systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4419

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3477.584947

Filename

584947