DocumentCode :
2431449
Title :
Implementing a contract-based multi-agent approach for shop floor agility
Author :
Barata, José ; Camarinha-Matos, L.M.
Author_Institution :
FCT, New Univ. of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2-6 Sept. 2002
Firstpage :
639
Lastpage :
645
Abstract :
This paper describes implementation approaches for a multi-agent shop floor control architecture supported by cooperation contracts and designed to support agile manufacturing. The architecture being proposed is based on the concepts of cluster, consortium, manufacturing components, manufacturing resource agent, agent machine interface, and contracts, which are used to govern the skills brought to the consortium or cluster. The basic architecture for each agent is indicated and analysed as well as the knowledge model and ontologies used. Finally the development environment is presented and some practical results are shown.
Keywords :
computer integrated manufacturing; flexible manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production control; agent machine interface; agile manufacturing; cluster; consortium; contract-based multi-agent approach; contracts; cooperation contracts; manufacturing resource agent; ontologies; shop floor agility; shop floor control architecture; Agile manufacturing; Companies; Contracts; Control systems; Costs; Dynamic programming; Flexible manufacturing systems; Ontologies; Protection; Uncertainty;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2002. Proceedings. 13th International Workshop on
ISSN :
1529-4188
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1668-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.2002.1045970
Filename :
1045970
Link To Document :
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