System and Method for Implementing a User Interface to a Multi-Agent Distributed Control System

摘要

A visualization system computer communicating with a memory to execute a stored program contained in a fixed medium of the memory to display information regarding control components based on control component ontologies and knowledge bases. The visualization system includes an inspection agent configured to communicate with one or more autonomous control components of the manufacturing system to request control component information including a control component ontology including a listing of parameters and relations associated with the control component that define the operating characteristics of the control component and a knowledge base including a listing of current states for the parameters and relations of the control component. The visualization system further includes a visualization editor configured to generate a visualization interface representative of control component information received based on the request and an electronic web server configured to display the visualization interface in response to a received web page request.