this paper describes how multi-agent system technology can be used as the underpinning platform for voltage control in power systems. in this study, some facts (flexible ac transmission systems) devices are properly designed to coordinate their decisions and actions in order to provide a coordinated secondary voltage control mechanism based on multi-agent theory. each device here is modeled as ...

this paper presents a comprehensive robust distributed intelligent control for optimum self-healing activities in smart distribution systems considering the uncertainty in loads. the presented agent based framework obviates the requirements for a central control method and improves the reliability of the self-healing mechanism. agents possess three characteristics including local views, decentr...

in knowledge-based economy, knowledge has a public good and non-rivalry nature. firms build their own knowledge stock not only by means of internal r&d and collaboration with partners, but also by means of previously spilled over knowledge of other firms and public research laboratories (such as universities). firms based on their absorptive capacity, and level of intra-industry and extra-i...

it is difficult to prevent accidents in the transport of hazardous goods, so the development of strategies for managing crisis situations and the optimization of action plans are important. the crisis situation is a continuous event in time when its evolution is unpredictable because it depends on a whole of complex factors resulting from the environment of the crisis. decision making in crisis...

Planning problems are, in general, PSPACE-complete; large problems, especially multi-agent with required co-ordination, can be intractable or impractical to solve. Factored planning and both address this by separating into tractable sub-problems, but there are limitations the expressivity of existing planners ability handle tightly coupled problems. This paper presents EGOPLAN, a framework whic...