An open architecture for holonic cooperation and autonomy

Author

Fletcher, M. ; Garcia-Herreros, E. ; Christensen, J.H. ; Deen, S.M. ; Mittmann, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Keele Univ., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

224

Lastpage

230

Abstract

The paper examines some issues relating to an open architecture for holon cooperation and autonomy. We identify the requirements of a holonic system architecture and discuss the merits of our approach in comparison with classic agent-based models. A suitable architecture to satisfy these requirements is also presented, together with a discussion of the holonic kernel needed to support distributed holonic control. The material presented is based on results from the international programme on Holonic Manufacturing Systems (HMS)

Keywords

manufacturing data processing; multi-agent systems; software architecture; Function Block Architecture; agent-based models; agile manufacturing; autonomy; distributed holonic control; functional units; holon cooperation; holonic cooperation; holonic kernel; holonic manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; open architecture; Artificial intelligence; Automation; Computer architecture; Computer science; Humans; Kernel; Manufacturing systems; Multiagent systems; Speech; Tungsten;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2000. Proceedings. 11th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0680-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2000.875031

Filename

875031