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This paper describes a proposal of a multi-agent FIPA-compliant solution of a general material handling system problem. Simple knowledge ontology for material handling and basic classes of FIPA-compliant agents/messages for this kind of systems are presented in this paper. The abilities to solve reconfiguration problems either in the case of failure detection or within the framework of a physical reconstruction of the whole system are outlined.
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Vrba, P., Hrdonka, V. (2002). Material Handling Problem: FIPA Compliant Agent Implementation. In: Mařík, V., Štěpánková, O., Krautwurmová, H., Luck, M. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications II. ACAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2322. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45982-0_17
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