The PowerMatcher: Multiagent Control of Electricity Demand and Supply

Abstract

Over the past few years, a number of industrial applications have deployed agents.However, a substantial gap still exists between the cutting-edge research carried out mainly in university laboratories and research institutes and the domain-specific industrial applications that commercial organizations develop.The articles in this department intend to give some indication of agent technology's readiness for commercial deployment, based primarily on the presentations and discussions at the inaugural Industry Track of