Title: Agent
architecture for efficient decision making in a plant practising vibration
monitoring
Abstract: The
agent architecture proposed in the paper is to facilitate the coordination
between different departments and intradepartmental conflict resolution.
This has been demonstrated with reference to the maintenance and production
departments of a company that operates vibration monitoring at its production
facility. The architecture is based on BDI (belief, desire, and intention)
methodology. The agent system architecture consists of information,
middleware and interface agents. The information agents keep track of new
information entering into the system from the outside world. The middleware
agents perform different operations on the new information that has entered
the system. The interface agents facilitate the interaction of the user with
the system.