Will measuring instruments turn into agents?
Tadeusz Dobrowiecki, F. Louage, Tamás Mészáros, G. San Roman, B. Pataki · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement · 1997
The implications of agent based software engineering and Internet environment in the measurement practice are investigated. "Measurement-minded" expert agents and instrument-as-agent approaches offer numerous advantages. It would require, however, a reconsideration of certain properties of the measuring equipment and the role of the system controller.