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D.P. Buse and Q.H. Wu

IP Network-based Multi-agent Systems for Industrial Automation Information Management, Condition Monitoring and Control of Power Systems

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D.P. Buse, PhD Q.H. Wu, PhD, CEng, FIEE Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics The University of Liverpool Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 3GJ UK

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Buse, David P. IP network-based multi-agent systems for industrial automation : information management, condition monitoring and control of power systems. - (Power systems) 1. Electric substations - Automatic control - Computer network resources 2. Intelligent agents (Computer software) 3. Electric power transmission - Data processing 4. Distributed artificial intelligence I. Title II. Wu, Qing-Hua 621.3’126’02854678 ISBN-13: 9781846286469 Library of Congress Control Number: 2006939313 Power Systems Series ISSN 1612-1287 ISBN 978-1-84628-646-9 e-ISBN 978-1-84628-647-6

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