A Real-Time Interface for Agent-Based Control

Author

Orozco, O.J.L. ; Lastra, Jose L Martinez

Author_Institution

Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere

fYear

2007

fDate

4-6 July 2007

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

54

Abstract

This work lays in the domain of distributed control systems for reconfigurable manufacturing systems. It describes an interface for the interaction between two layers within an embedded controller with networked capabilities, the levels included in the model are the high level control (HLC) and the low level control (LLC). The HLC is the named coordination control, and the LLC is well known as logic control. The software applications running in the LLC are algorithms encapsulated in function blocks, and the units within the HLC are software agents.

Keywords

distributed control; flexible manufacturing systems; intelligent control; multi-agent systems; software agents; agent-based control; coordination control; distributed control systems; embedded controller; high level control; logic control; low level control; multiagent system; networked capabilities; real-time interface; reconfigurable manufacturing systems; software agents; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Distributed control; Level control; Logic; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Mechatronics; Production systems; Multi-agents systems; function blocks; high level control; inter-layer communication; low level control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Embedded Systems, 2007. SIES '07. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0840-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0840-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIES.2007.4297316

Filename

4297316