A change-direction-algorithm for distributed multi-agent transport systems

Author

Koppensteiner, Gottfried ; Merdan, Munir ; Hegny, Ingo ; Weidenhausen, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Autom. & Control Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna

fYear

2008

fDate

5-8 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1030

Lastpage

1034

Abstract

Transport systems of the future have to be flexible and adaptive in order to cope with failures and unexpected disturbances. Agent technology provides a good framework for handling with dynamics in large complex systems, using distributed control of the system increasing flexibility and enhancing fault tolerance. This paper researches how software agents supported with ontologies can improve the efficiency of transport systems. An algorithm for the transport system reconfiguration by changing the direction of conveyors is presented.

Keywords

conveyors; distributed algorithms; distributed control; fault tolerant computing; multi-agent systems; ontologies (artificial intelligence); transport control; change-direction-algorithm; conveyors; distributed control; distributed multiagent transport system; fault tolerance; large complex system; ontologies; software agent technology; transport system reconfiguration; Automatic control; Automation; Control systems; Distributed control; Electric breakdown; Manufacturing systems; Mechatronics; Ontologies; Programmable control; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation, 2008. ICMA 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Takamatsu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2631-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2632-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2008.4798900

Filename

4798900