Title :
A context-dependent agent in consideration of the buffer usage for real-time scheduling in manufacturing systems
Author :
Kitayama, Tomohiro ; Miyamoto, Toshiyuki ; Kumagai, Sadatoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A context-dependent agent (CDA) has the ability to change its controller depending on the system status. We have designed a CDA for the real-time scheduling problem of an autonomous distributed job-shop manufacturing system, that considers both buffer usage and the makespan. This paper presents a CDA architecture and results of an extensive evaluation.
Keywords :
computer integrated manufacturing; dispatching; distributed control; linear programming; multi-agent systems; production control; real-time systems; autonomous distributed job-shop manufacturing system; buffer usage; context-dependent agent; controller change; dispatch indices; intelligent manufacturing systems; linear programming filtering rule; makespan; manufacturing systems; multiple intelligent agents; real-time scheduling; real-time scheduling problem; Add-drop multiplexers; Communication system control; Control systems; Intelligent agent; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Mass production; Production systems; Real time systems; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7631-5
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2002.1195267
