Agent OPC UA – Semantic Scalability and Interoperability Architecture for Multi-Agent Systems through OPC UA

Abstract

The architectural approaches derived in the previous chapter pointed out sine key concepts to enable flexible decision making by means of agentbased, self-organizing and decentralized systems. Means to realize such architecture in practical applications were pointed out despite the limitations that have to faced with regard to current state-of-the-art solutions for the communication in such dynamic networks. Furthermore, a critical discussion of the conventional information exchange methodologies o ered some fundamental weaknesses in terms of semantic scalability, extensibility and flexibility in terms communication within MAS.