A multi-contract net protocol for dynamic scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems (FMS)

Author

Ouelhadj, D. ; Hanachi, C. ; Bouzouia, B. ; Moualek, A. ; Farhi, A.

Author_Institution

Centre de Dev. des Technol. Avancees, Algiers, Algeria

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1114

Abstract

Deals with a multi-agent architecture and a negotiation protocol for the dynamic scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems. The originality of the multi-agent architecture resides in the existence of task agents and resource agents. The multi-contract net protocol proposed, is an innovation with regard to the contract-net protocol due to the way that it makes it possible to negotiate several tasks concurrently, in real time and with more optimal results taking into account uncertainty and conflict situations in the scheduling of operations. The paper, also, stresses the efficiency and the optimality of the distributed implementation

Keywords

distributed processing; flexible manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production control; protocols; distributed implementation; dynamic scheduling; multi-agent architecture; multi-contract net protocol; negotiation protocol; resource agents; task agents; Artificial intelligence; Chemical technology; Contracts; Dynamic scheduling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Multiagent systems; Protocols; Uncertainty; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Detroit, MI

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5180-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1999.772469

Filename

772469