May 6, 2013
Conference Paper

Volttron: An Agent Platform for the Smart Grid

Abstract

VOLLTRON platform enables the deployment of intelligent sensors and controllers in the smart grid and provides a stable, secure and flexible framework that expands the sensing and control capabilities. VOLTTRON platform provides services fulfilling the essential requirements of resource management and security for agent operation in the power grid. The facilities provided by the platform allow agent developers to focus on the implementation of their agent system and not on the necessary "plumbing' code. For example, a simple collaborative demand response application was written in less than 200 lines of Python.

Revised: December 13, 2013 | Published: May 6, 2013

Citation

Haack J.N., B.A. Akyol, B.J. Carpenter, C.W. Tews, and L.W. Foglesong. 2013. Volttron: An Agent Platform for the Smart Grid. In AAMAS '13: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, May 6-10, 2013, St. Paul, MN, 1367-1368. Richland, South Carolina:International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. PNNL-SA-92916.