Emergent flowshop control based on MASCADA agents

Martin Kollingbaum; Tapio Heikkilä; Patrick Peeters; Jeremy Matson; Paul Valckenaers; Duncan McFarlane; Geert-Jan Bluemink

doi:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)38047-3

Emergent flowshop control based on MASCADA agents

Martin Kollingbaum
, Tapio Heikkilä
, Patrick Peeters
, Jeremy Matson
, Paul Valckenaers
, Duncan McFarlane
, Geert-Jan Bluemink

University of Cambridge
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)

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Abstract

New concepts for manufacturing control are required to allow faster responses to unanticipated operational disruptions and reconfigurations. This paper presents a new approach based on agent technology to gain both disturbance and change management capabilities. In this scheme, agents operate within an information distribution environment as observable in biological insect societies and the overall control behavior emerges from the decision taking of single agents. It is shown how to specify the right set of agents for a control application, how these agents are coordinated in their behavior and how decision making takes place.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	187-192
Journal	IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Volume	33
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-6670(17)38047-3
Publication status	Published - 2000
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IFAC Symposium on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, MIM 2000 - Rio, Greece Duration: 12 Jul 2000 → 14 Jul 2000

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