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This paper describes some of the issues involved in developing a cooperation framework for industrial process control. The underlying domain characteristics of heterogeneity and pre-existing problem solvers are explained and their impact on the cooperation framework design are outlined. Problems which arise when trying to coordinate multiple problem solvers are described and then attention is focused on the concept of loosely coupling and how this affects urgency (task and message scheduling in a cooperative environment).
This paper reflects the effort of the whole ARCHON consortium. The partners are: Krupp Atlas Elektronik, JRC Ispra, Framentec, QMW, IRIDIA, Iberduero, Labein, ERDC, Amber, Technical University of Athens, University of Amsterdam, Volmac, CERN and University of Porto.
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Roda, C., Jennings, N.R., Mamdani, E.H. (1991). Archon: A Cooperation Framework for Industrial Process Control. In: Deen, S.M. (eds) CKBS ’90. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1831-2_5
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