Application of agent building tools in factory scheduling and control systems

Goutam Satapathy; Jun Lang; Renato Levy

doi:10.1117/12.411779

29 December 2000 Application of agent building tools in factory scheduling and control systems

Goutam Satapathy, Jun Lang, Renato Levy

Proceedings Volume 4208, Network Intelligence: Internet-based Manufacturing; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411779
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The task of building a multiagent system using traditional software tools is a complex and error-prone process. Therefore, we have developed an agent infrastructure called Cybele and a verification tool called DIVA for building agent based systems suited for large distributed applications. These tools enforce simple coding practice and facilitate generation of complex systems. These tools in the context of factory scheduling will allow the agent designers to design and assign roles to the problem-solving entities, design and verify interaction protocols, and subsequently use the distributed system either as a simulation or as a control and execution system. In this paper, we discuss how Cybele and DIVA can be used in designing a system that solves dynamic scheduling problems in real-time.

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Goutam Satapathy, Jun Lang, and Renato Levy "Application of agent building tools in factory scheduling and control systems", Proc. SPIE 4208, Network Intelligence: Internet-based Manufacturing, (29 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411779

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