Coordinating Agents in Shop Floor Environments From a Dynamic Systems Perspective

In this paper, we address agent coordination from a dynamic systems perspective and propose a dynamic coordination model, which is inspired by biological metabolic systems. A new coordination mechanism through dynamic local adjustment (CDLA) is presented, and coordination is achieved when every agen...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industrial informatics 2006-11, Vol.2 (4), p.269-280
Main Authors: Chen, Gang, Yang, Zhonghua, Low, Chor Ping
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agent coordination
Algorithm design and analysis
Biochemistry
Biological
Biological system modeling
Coordination models
dynamic local adjustment
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Game theory
Genetic algorithms
Local activities
Manufacturing processes
Manufacturing systems
Multiagent systems
shop floor manufacturing system
System dynamics
System performance
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Summary:In this paper, we address agent coordination from a dynamic systems perspective and propose a dynamic coordination model, which is inspired by biological metabolic systems. A new coordination mechanism through dynamic local adjustment (CDLA) is presented, and coordination is achieved when every agent utilizes explicitly the global system dynamics and performs iteratively a dynamic local adjustment procedure. The CDLA mechanism is investigated in an example multiagent shop floor system. The results show that the example manufacturing process is well-coordinated and the coordination approach is practically applicable and effective
ISSN:1551-3203
1941-0050
DOI:10.1109/TII.2006.885190