Multi-agent systems in industry: current trends & future challenges

This paper introduces the multi-agent systems paradigm and presents some industrial applications of this AI approach, namely in manufacturing, handling and logistics domains. The road-blockers for the current weak adoption of this technology in industry are also discussed, and finally the current tr...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leitão, Paulo (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/9677
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/9677
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Resumo:This paper introduces the multi-agent systems paradigm and presents some industrial applications of this AI approach, namely in manufacturing, handling and logistics domains. The road-blockers for the current weak adoption of this technology in industry are also discussed, and finally the current trends and several future challenges are pointed out to increase the wider dissemination and acceptance of the multi-agent technology in industry.