Agent-based computing is a promising approach for develo** applications in complex
domains. However, despite the great deal of research in the area, a number of challenges …

Industrial Agents explains how multi-agent systems improve collaborative networks to offer
dynamic service changes, customization, improved quality and reliability, and flexible …

Systems composed of interacting autonomous agents offer a promising software
engineering approach for develo** applications in complex domains. However, this …

Build your own intelligent agent system... Intelligent agent technology is a tool of modern
computer science that can be used to engineer complex computer programmes that behave …

As agents are gaining acceptance as a technology, there is a growing need for practical
methods for develo** agent applications. This paper presents the Prometheus …

Agent technology currently plays an important role in complex software development. The
underlying paradigm offers a large repertoire of original concepts, architectures, interaction …

The ability of production companies to rapidly develop and deploy effective and efficient
control systems is critical for success in the consumer-driven environment of contemporary …

Software agents offer a range of benefits to the development of complex software systems.
However, before these benefits can be realised by the computing industry there is a need for …

It is well known that manufacturing systems are complex, large-scale systems for a number
of operational and structural reasons. This complexity makes such systems difficult to control …