A multi-agent-based production dispatching information integration system for an automated container terminal

Author

Yan, Nannan ; Liu, Guangzhong ; Xi, Zhenhong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Shanghai Maritime Univ., Shanghai

fYear

2008

fDate

20-23 June 2008

Firstpage

1117

Lastpage

1122

Abstract

Considering the characteristics of production dispatching of container terminals, a multi-agent-based production dispatching information integration system for an automated container terminal is presented in this paper. First, the basic system architecture and the function of the corresponding agent in this system are described. Then, the cooperation and coordination working mechanism of this integrated system is shown. Also, the design of the agent embedded with the communication mechanism between the agents and the integration technology is discussed. Finally, a partial implemented prototype of this system is given. The experiment results support the validity of this system.

Keywords

dispatching; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; automated container terminal; cooperation working mechanism; coordination working mechanism; information integration system; multiagent production dispatching; system architecture; Automation; Containers; Control systems; Cranes; Dispatching; Multiagent systems; Operating systems; Production planning; Production systems; Resource management; Multi-agent system; agent cooperation strategy; agent design; container terminal production dispatching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Automation, 2008. ICIA 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changsha

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2183-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2184-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICINFA.2008.4608166

Filename

4608166