Title :
Modelling of communications and control in an auction-based manufacturing control system
Author :
Tilley, Kevin J. ; Williams, David J.
Author_Institution :
Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
A model to predict the performance of the contract net approach to distributed scheduling in a discrete parts manufacturing environment is presented. This extends previous work by explicitly considering the computational resource constraints both in the scheduling systems and its underlying communication network. The model was used to demonstrate that the main constraint on the operation of such a scheduling system was the time taken by the machines to process the task managers. This constraint placed restrictions on the type of task descriptions which can be used successfully in such systems
Keywords :
computer integrated manufacturing; distributed control; electronic messaging; message passing; production control; queueing theory; token networks; CIM; auction-based manufacturing control system; communication network; computational resource constraints; contract net; distributed control; distributed scheduling; message passing; production control; queueing theory; task managers; Broadcasting; Communication system control; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer integrated manufacturing; Contracts; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Job shop scheduling; Processor scheduling; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1992. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2720-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1992.220173
