Dynamic reconfiguration for shipboard power system using multi-agent system

Survivability and reliability are critical for the operation of shipboard power system both in normal and damage conditions. This paper presents a novel dynamic reconfiguration approach for shipboard power system by using multi-agent system. With the similar topology of the shipboard power system, the multi-agent system is generalized to constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). The environment- reactive rules-agents (ERA) approach, which is multi-agent oriented, is used to support the organization formation behavior in dynamic reconfiguration. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by test results in a reduced shipboard power system.