Emergent Synthesis Methodologies for Manufacturing

Ueda, Kanji; Márkus, A.; Monostori, László; Kals, H.J.J.; Arai, Tamio

doi:10.1016/s0007-8506(07)62994-1

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“…Since the new information technologies allow members of a network to widen their span of interest and control, the distribution of decision rights and actions introduces some new elements of uncertainty that can be resolved by communication (i.e., information sharing) and cooperation only. The interaction of individuals may lead to the emergence of complex system-level behavior [28]. Evolutionary system design relies on emergence when modeling and analyzing complex manufacturing and, in a wider context, eco-technical systems.…”

Section: Paradigm Shifts In Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agent-Based Systems for Manufacturing

2006

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The emerging paradigm of agent-based computation has revolutionized the building of intelligent and decentralized systems. The new technologies met well the requirements in all domains of manufacturing where problems of uncertainty and temporal dynamics, information sharing and distributed operation, or coordination and cooperation of autonomous entities had to be tackled. In the paper software agents and multi-agent systems are introduced and through a comprehensive survey, their potential manufacturing applications are outlined. Special emphasis is laid on methodological issues and deployed industrial systems. After discussing open issues and strategic research directions, we conclude that the evolution of agent technologies and manufacturing will probably proceed hand in hand. The former can receive real challenges from the latter, which, in turn, will have more and more benefits in applying agent technologies, presumably together with well-established or emerging approaches of other disciplines.

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Section: Paradigm Shifts In Manufacturingmentioning

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Agent-Based Systems for Manufacturing

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“…to embed an analysis of different possible interpretations of the evaluation of different factors of the CE readiness assessments as well as on the evaluation of the results achieved, and further to apply the pragmatics-based approach throughout the CE implementation methodologies. In other words, the traditional methodologies should be upgraded with the pragmatics perspective Finally, 1. pragmatics might be considered within the CE practice itself, not only within the CE implementation; 2. application of a pragmatics-based approach means, in fact, the implementation of the concept of co-design, co-creation, co-development (see [16] and [17]), which is fully in accordance with the paradigm of communication as an instrument for organization building, especially as co-design, co-creation, co-development are inherent for CE as it is paradigmatically based on teamwork (e.g. see [7]); 3. the experiments presented demonstrate the importance of the emergent manufacturing systems, such as Ubiquitous Manufacturing Systems (UMS) [2] with embedded (human) communication functionalities as a regular instrument permanently available for manufacturing system organization creation, i.e.…”

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A Contribution for a Pragmatics-Based Approach to Concurrent Engineering Implementation

Popović¹,

Putnik²,

Jaško³

et al. 2013

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This paper investigates how a pragmatics-based approach may influence Concurrent Engineering (CE) implementation projects. Pragmatics, a field of semiotics, is used as a perspective for analyzing and constructing manufacturing systems, i.e. CE implementation projects. Predominantly, as a part of the CE implementation strategy, which also includes CE readiness assessment, modeling and effects of different interpretations of the assessment of processes simultaneity, as pragmatics aspects are studied. This paper follows the theoretical framework of Semioticsbased Manufacturing Systems Integration [1] and [2] and presents its practical implementations, validation and implications in industrial environments.The main research thesis is that the assessment processes (within the CE readiness assessment) are interpretation dependent and, therefore, the application of traditional prescriptive methodologies may lead to failure or serious challenge of the projects. Further, as a second part of the thesis, that the application of a pragmatics-based approach might significantly improve potential for successful implementation of CE is validated.As an approach to a CE implementation strategy, the methodology based on the so-called simultaneity matrices (also called concurrency matrices) is used, for which two different interpretations are compared. The proposed methodology is validated in a reallife environment, i.e. in two SME manufacturing companies, which have planned to apply CE. The results confirm the expectations that different interpretations may imply different management decisions and, therefore, corrupt the best possible decision. Consequently, in order to assure the best decisions for the case under consideration, an improved methodology for CE implementation strategy (including the CE Readiness Assessment (CERA)), should include multiple interpretations, i.e. should apply the pragmatics-based approach.The relevance of the research is multifold: i) Although the CE concept has existed for over two decades, companies still struggle to implement it to its full capacity. In addition, despite CE developments towards collaborative engineering, no alternative approach that paradigmatically negates or eliminates the CE as obsolete has surfaced yet. In other words, the CE implementation projects have been reaffirmed as currently being valid; ii) In the present market, characterized by high levels of uncertainty, companies are in search of low costs and short implementation times, and trusted technologies. In fact, up to 70% of all new projects fail or are somehow challenged (The percentages are different by different sectors) [3]. Therefore, it is not surprising that companies are reluctant to implement new organizational projects. This implies the need for reliable CE implementation methodologies; A Contribution for a Pragmatics-Based Approach to Concurrent Engineering Implementation

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“…A MAS, especially with a heterarchical architecture, can show up several advantages (Baker, 1998), such as selfconfiguration, scalability, fault tolerance, massive parallelism, reduced complexity, increased flexibility, reduced cost and emergent behavior (Ueda et al, 2001).…”

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“…The interaction of individuals may lead to emergence of complex system-level behaviors (Ueda et al, 2001). Fig.…”

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Cooperative Control in Production and Logistics

Monostori

Valckenaers²,

Dolgui

et al. 2014

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This is a milestone paper of the Coordinating Committee on Manufacturing and Logistics Systems (CC5) of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).Classical applications of control engineering and information and communication technology (ICT) in production and logistics are often done in a rigid, centralized and hierarchical way. These inflexible approaches are typically not able to cope with the complexities of the manufacturing environment, such as the instabilities, uncertainties and abrupt changes caused by internal and external disturbances, or a large number and variety of interacting, interdependent elements. A paradigm shift, e.g., novel organizing principles and methods, is needed for supporting the interoperability of dynamic alliances of agile and networked systems. Several solution proposals argue that the future of manufacturing and logistics lies in network-like, dynamic, open and reconfigurable systems of cooperative autonomous entities.The paper overviews various distributed approaches and technologies of control engineering and ICT that can support the realization of cooperative structures from the resource level to the level of networked enterprises. Standard results as well as recent advances from control theory, through cooperative game theory, distributed machine learning to holonic systems, cooperative enterprise modelling, system integration, and autonomous logistics processes are surveyed. A special emphasis is put on the theoretical developments and industrial applications of Robustly Feasible Model Predictive Control (RFMPC). Two case studies are also discussed: i) a holonic, PROSA-based approach to generate short-term forecasts for an additive manufacturing system by means of a delegate multi-agent system (D-MAS); and ii) an application of distributed RFMPC to a drinking water distribution system.

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Emergent Synthesis Methodologies for Manufacturing

Cited by 141 publications

References 111 publications

Agent-Based Systems for Manufacturing

Agent-Based Systems for Manufacturing

A Contribution for a Pragmatics-Based Approach to Concurrent Engineering Implementation

Cooperative Control in Production and Logistics

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