Sink node embedded, multi-agent systems based cluster management in industrial wireless sensor networks

Abstract

With advances in cyber-physical systems and the introduction of industry 4.0, there has been an extensive amount of research in distributed intelligent control. Because in cyber-physical systems it is required that devices are aware of their environment, industrial wireless sensor networks are considered for such types of applications. In this paper, a sink node-embedded multi-agent system is proposed in order to manage clusters of wireless sensors; this architecture is analysed in an oil and gas refinery example.