Abstract
This paper describes a responsive manufacturing system based on a heterogeneous hierarchy of agents of three types that reflect the managerial structure of manufacturing enterprises. The system is not only capable of responding rapidly to dynamic changes to fulfill customer needs but enable the utilization of manufacturing resources to be dynamically optimized. In addition, to improve the system efficiency, this paper also introduces a called qua-base acquaintance model which might facilitate the multi-agent internal communication.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 2785-2789 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | WCICA 2004 - Fifth World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Conference Proceedings - Hangzhou, China Duration: 15 Jun 2004 → 19 Jun 2004 |
Conference
| Conference | WCICA 2004 - Fifth World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, Conference Proceedings |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Hangzhou |
| Period | 15/06/04 → 19/06/04 |
Keywords
- Co-ordination
- Multi-agent
- Qua-base acquaintance
- Responsive manufacturing