Potential of Multi-Agent Systems for Operation of Transportation Systems

eng Article in English DOI: 10.14313/PAR_219/31

send Janusz Madejski Politechnika Śląska, Wydział Mechaniczny Technologiczny, Instytut Materiałów Inżynierskich i Biomedycznych

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Abstract

The article discusses the possibility of implementation of the currently available solutions with software agents in transport, focusing on applications for planning transport systems, control, monitoring and analysis of the state of the superstructure and potential applications to the planning of the maintenance tasks.

Keywords

inspection, multi-agent systems, planning, simulation, software agents

Potencjał systemów wieloagentowych w zastosowaniu do eksploatacji systemu transportowego

Streszczenie

W artykule omówiono możliwość zastosowania dostępnych obecnie rozwiązań z agentami programowymi w transporcie, koncentrując się na zastosowaniach do planowania systemów transportowych, sterowania nimi, monitorowania i analizy stanu nawierzchni kolejowej, a także możliwymi zastosowaniami do planowania prac utrzymaniowych.

Słowa kluczowe

agenty programowe, kontrola, planowanie, symulacja, systemy wieloagentowe

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