Title :
Towards an Agent-based Simulation Tool for Manufacturing Systems
Author :
Ruiz, Nancy ; Giret, Adriana ; Botti, Vicente
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput., Polytech. Univ. of Valencia
Abstract :
The application of simulation to manufacturing has contributed to a generation of tools that is focused on specific problem solving related to automation, planning, material flow, supply chain, logistics, etc. Nowadays, manufacturing has evolved and its needs have changed. After an analysis of the current manufacturing simulation tools, we propose an approach based on multiagent systems theory, which covers current manufacturing needs.
Keywords :
manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; agent-based simulation tool; manufacturing system; multiagent systems theory; Computational modeling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Logic; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Multiagent systems; Virtual manufacturing; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9758-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2006.355417
