Paper Info
Title
Holonic multi-agent system for real time simulation of control systems
Abstract
As control systems grow more and more complex, the level of testing and validation needs to be rigorous which in turn improves the robustness and reliability of the control system. We propose a testing and validation scenario where we create a multi-agent distributed simulation environment, and where the control and plant algorithms are executed on real-time targets. This simulation environment is achieved by the use of a powerful capability that permits embedding simulation into micro controllers. These simulations interact with the controller in real time. In this paper, we discuss a distributed simulation environment that combines control, agents, and simulation. We use Matlab xPC target technology as the main mechanism for generating the embeddable simulation part of the environment. We intend to embed the simulation into an ARM based core micro controller. The simulations and the (Programmable Logic Controller) PLC concurrently interact with each other using a (Common Industrial Protocol) CIP-based tag-level communications. This combination of technologies creates a high fidelity testing environment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-23181-0_10
HoloMAS
Keywords
Field
DocType
embeddable simulation part,plc concurrently interact,real time simulation,micro controller,high fidelity testing environment,control system,cip-based tag-level communication,simulations interact,core micro controller,holonic multi-agent system,validation scenario,simulation environment
Control theory,MATLAB,Multi-agent system,Robustness (computer science),Control engineering,Microcontroller,Programmable logic controller,Engineering,Control system,Real-time simulation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.71
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francisco Maturana151.20
Raymond Staron2193.53
Dan L. Carnahan321.38
Asha Iype420.71
Ken Hall5132.31