“…Besides general agent-based grid management systems (e.g., Kamphuis et al, 2010;Wedde et al, 2006;Platt, 2007;Ramchurn et al, 2011), approaches for grid restoration incorporating distributed generation capacities (e.g., Li et al, 2012), specialized agent-based micro-grid control systems (Roche et al (2010) provides a good overview), and a multitude of energy-centered building automation solutions (e.g., Zhao et al, 2010) do exist today. As the basic ideas of MAS architectures fit perfectly with the challenges found in many visions of future energy grids, many labs and universities are actively doing research in this field.…”