In this work the multi-agent technology is exploited in order to develop a Multi-Agent Robotic System with the aim to simulate and control a production chain and lays the bases for the introduction of the agent technology into a manufacturing industrial process. In particular, a simplified washing-machine production system has been studied and agentified. More in detail, automatic production, n...

Globally, governments spend significant amounts of money attempting to prevent or mitigate the negative impacts invasive species using different strategies, including classical biological control for that are widespread in landscape. Arriving at point biocontrol release requires investment time and funds research testing, success agent is uncertain. We present a numerical model designed assist ...

In this paper we consider a multi-agent system (MAS) for the logistics control of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) that are used in the dough making process at an industrial bakery. Here, logistics control refers to constructing robust schedules for all transportation jobs. The paper discusses how alternative MAS designs can be developed and compared using cost, frequency of messages between ag...

A challenge for designers of safety critical systems is to recognise that human issues are critical to their safe automation. Appropriate techniques for taking account of these issues should be integrated into the design process. This paper provides a brief introduction to a two-step decision procedure for deciding how to automate an interactive system. The method has received preliminary evalu...

This paper presents the development and implementation of a Real-Time Expert System (RTES) for the supervision and control of a wastewater treatment pilot plant (WWTPP) with biological removal of organic matter and nutrients. The hardware architecture contains different supervision levels, including two autonomous process computers (plant control and analysers control) and a PLC, being the ES t...