Multi-Agent System For Nuclear Condition Monitoring
Christopher Wallace, Gordon Jahn, S.D.J. McArthur · 2011
This paper presents experience of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) within the nuclear generation domain, with a particular emphasis on Condition onitoring (CM). A prototype system, which used a MAS for the management of CM observations and the generation of a user interface, was developed however it was decided that this application lacked the required speed and eciency. Extending the developed ontology, an alternative MAS system was developed to perform CM analyses and storage and management of data, without the user directly interacting with the MAS. The paper discusses the development of both systems, relating key features of MAS which meet the particular needs of CM applications, but also highlights remaining issues, such as a lack of an existing ontological framework and the problem of data security, that are particularly prominent in the nuclear domain.