Title :
Multiple agent hybrid control for manufacturing systems
Author :
Kohn, Wolf ; Remmel, Jeffrey B. ; Nerode, Anil ; James, John
Author_Institution :
Sagent Corp., Bellevue, WA, USA
Abstract :
We discuss how our generic hybrid control architecture, the mulitple agent hybrid control architecture (MAHCA), can be implemented to capture the complexity of the manufacturing process in an incremental fashion. We provide an example of how a MAHCA network of agents can be used to solve a planning, scheduling and control problem. MAHCA allows for the online reactive matching of current logic and continuum constraints from plant sensors with user-defined logic. The MAHCA architecture supports incremental expansion of new components with greatly reduced requirements for expensive experimentation validation
Keywords :
computer aided production planning; knowledge based systems; manufacturing data processing; production control; real-time systems; software agents; MAHCA architecture; knowledge based systems; knowledge decoder; manufacturing systems; multiple agent hybrid control architecture; online reactive matching; planning; scheduling; user-defined logic; Contracts; Control systems; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Process planning; Production facilities; Production systems; US Department of Commerce; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2978-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1996.556226
