Agent-Oriented Simulation Model of Manufacturing Activities

Mayrand, Étienne; Lefrançois, Pierre; Montreuil, Benoît

doi:10.3233/ica-1993-1205

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“…Although multi-agent applications to manufacturing systems are relatively recent (Mayrand et al, 1992;Montreuil and Lefrancois, 1992;Okino, 1992;Ueda, 1992;Kwok and Norrie, 1993;Gaines and Norrie, 1994), it can, however, be anticipated that the next generation of manufacturing systems will be based on the intelligent agent paradigm. The scope of the agent approach can be further extended to full enterprise integration (Pan and Tenenbaum, 199 1;Barbuceanu and Fox, 1994).…”

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Multi-agent Mediator architecture for distributed manufacturing

1996

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A generic Mediator architecture for distributed task planning and coordination has been developed using multi-agent paradigms. In this approach, agents function autonomously as independent computing processes, and dynamic virtual clusters coordinate the agent's activities and decision making. This coordination involves dynamically created coordination agents and resource agents concurrently. The Mediator architecture contains three levels of these coordination agents: the template mediator, the data-agent manager, and the active mediator. The template mediator is the top-level global coordinator. This agent contains both the templates and the cloning mechanism to create the successively lower-level agents. Task plans are decomposed successively into subtasks, which are allocated to dynamically created agent clusters coordinated through data-agent managers and active mediators. Coordination of agent activity takes place both among the clusters and within each cluster. The system dynamically adapts to evolving manufacturing tasks, with virtual agent clusters being created as needed, and destroyed when their tasks are completed. The mediator architecture and related mechanisms are demonstrated using an intelligent manufacturing scheduling application. Both the machines and the parts involved in this production system are considered as intelligent agents. These agents use a common language protocol based on the Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML). The generic Mediator approach can be used for other distributed organizational systems beyond the intelligent manufacturing application it was originally developed for.

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Multi-agent Mediator architecture for distributed manufacturing

1996

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“…Under their concept of organism, an object with graphical, temporal and structural (suborganism) is defined in an organism modelling system. The concept was applied and extended with frame-based reasoning, forward chaining based rule inference [32], and blackboard based communication model [33].…”

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A Development System for Intelligent Agent Manufacturing Software

Kwok

Norrie²

1994

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

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The intelligent agent object (IAO) system is a multi‐paradigm development environment which can be used to create intelligent agent systems for manufacturing or other domains. The IAO system was developed from the rule‐based object (RBO) system which is a programming environment integrating both the rule‐based and object‐oriented paradigms. Propagation‐oriented programming, access‐oriented programming and group‐oriented programming are among the extensions included in the IAO system. Its most unusual contribution is the propagation‐oriented programming paradigm which is not found in most systems. A key application is the messenger inferencing structure which is a user‐extendable framework supporting multiple knowledge representation, meta‐inference control, and distributed inference. This allows the IAO system to go beyond predicate logic based production rule programming. New developments are also introduced for access‐oriented programming. The IAO system can be used to develop integrated manufacturing systems such as the prototype automated guided vehicle planning and control system, which is briefly described.

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Integrated Design and Manufacturing for Precision Mechanical Components

Stein¹,

Dornfeld

1997

Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering

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Agent-Oriented Simulation Model of Manufacturing Activities

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Multi-agent Mediator architecture for distributed manufacturing

Multi-agent Mediator architecture for distributed manufacturing

A Development System for Intelligent Agent Manufacturing Software

Integrated Design and Manufacturing for Precision Mechanical Components

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