Title :
Modeling and simulation for service-oriented agent based manufacturing systems
Author :
Morariu, Cristina ; Morariu, Octavian ; Borangiu, Theodor
Author_Institution :
Automatics & Appl. Inf., Univ. Politeh. Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
One of the most important problems when considering the design of multi agent manufacturing systems based on SOA paradigms is the lack of a simulation environment that would allow independent development and testing of the services and business processes of the manufacturing hardware. The paper presents the design and implementation of a complete simulation environment for service oriented multi agent manufacturing systems. It focuses on enhancements implemented for the NetLogo platform by adding both incoming and outgoing Web Services capabilities for agents and discusses the technical solutions for this integration. An example of the simulation environment is presented for a production line consisting of four robots and a circular conveyor belt, working in a fully heterarchic mode.
Keywords :
Web services; belts; conveyors; digital simulation; industrial robots; intelligent manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; program testing; service-oriented architecture; NetLogo platform; SOA; business processes; circular conveyor belt; incoming Web service capability; intelligent manufacturing; manufacturing hardware; multiagent manufacturing system design; outgoing Web Service capability; production line; robots; service development; service testing; service-oriented agent based manufacturing system; simulation environment; Hardware; Manufacturing systems; Robots; Service oriented architecture; Transportation; intelligent manufacturing; multi agent simulation; open control; service orientation; web services;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Quality and Testing Robotics (AQTR), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cluj-Napoca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0701-7
DOI :
10.1109/AQTR.2012.6237673
