A multi-agent cell controller integrating temporal and precedence constraints: application issues

Author

Bouzouia, B. ; Bouchemma, R.

Author_Institution

Div. Robotique et Productique, Centre de Developpement des Technol. Avancees CDTA, Alger, Algeria

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

26 April-1 May 2004

Firstpage

523

Abstract

This work presents a flexible cell controller based on the multi-agent approach. The main goal of the approach resides in the total distribution of the scheduling and control functions and support of temporal and precedence constraints between tasks during scheduling process. Contract Net protocol was the protocol adopted for scheduling and rescheduling process. An implementation of the proposed architecture is discussed.

Keywords

cellular manufacturing; control engineering computing; distributed control; flexible manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production control; production engineering computing; protocols; scheduling; Contract Net protocol; flexible cell controller; multiagent cell controller; precedence constraint; scheduling process; temporal constraint; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Manipulator dynamics; Process planning; Programmable control; Protocols; Robots;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8232-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1307202

Filename

1307202