Agent-oriented programming of manufacturing control tasks

Author

Bussmann, S.

Author_Institution

Res. & Technol., Daimler-Benz AG, Berlin

fYear

1998

fDate

3-7 Jul 1998

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

63

Abstract

The success of agent-oriented concepts in various application domains, in particular in manufacturing control, creates the need for an agent-oriented analysis, design, and programming methodology. This paper presents a programming method that covers one step of the necessary methodology. Given a specification of the task to be performed, the method allows to program the corresponding agent in three steps: (i) programming of the individual tasks; (ii) synchronization of tasks to avoid concurrency problems; and (iii) specification of script execution on a single processor machine. The programming method was specifically designed for implementing manufacturing control agents and complies with the industrial requirements stated in this paper

Keywords

industrial control; software agents; agent-oriented; agent-oriented programming; manufacturing control; programming method; script execution; specification; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Design methodology; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Multiagent systems; Pulp manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multi Agent Systems, 1998. Proceedings. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8500-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMAS.1998.699032

Filename

699032