DocumentCode :
3518893
Title :
Simulation of multi-agent manufacturing systems using Agent-Based Modelling platforms
Author :
Barbosa, José ; Leitão, Paulo
Author_Institution :
Polytech. Inst. of Braganca, Bragança, Portugal
fYear :
2011
fDate :
26-29 July 2011
Firstpage :
477
Lastpage :
482
Abstract :
Multi-agent systems (MAS) are driving the way to design and engineer control solutions that exhibit flexibility, adaptation and reconfigurability, which are important advantages over traditional centralized systems. The understanding, design and testing of such distributed agent-based approaches, and particularly those exhibiting self-*properties, are usually a hard task. Simulation assumes a crucial role to analyse the behaviour of MAS solutions during the design phase and before its deployment into the real operation. Particularly, Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) tools are well suited to simulate MAS systems that exhibit complex phenomena, like emergent behaviour and self-organization. This paper discusses the simulation of agent-based manufacturing systems and introduces the advantages of using ABM tools. The NetLogo platform is used to illustrate the benefits of such tools in the manufacturing world on the specification of a MAS system for a washing machine production line.
Keywords :
manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; washing machines; ABM tools; MAS solutions; NetLogo platform; agent-based modelling platforms; design phase; distributed agent-based approaches; multiagent manufacturing systems; washing machine production line; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Control systems; Manufacturing; Mathematical model; Production; Solid modeling;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2011 9th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Caparica, Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0435-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0433-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2011.6034926
Filename :
6034926
Link To Document :
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