Title :
A Distributed Multi-Agent Based Model for Cold Roll Forming Process
Author :
Jiang, Wen-Guang ; Ma, Lidong ; Liu, Cai ; Li, Guochang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Leicester, Leicester
Abstract :
In this paper, a distributed multi-agent system (DMAS) for cold roll forming is proposed. The system consists of the following agents: common service, roll pass design, knowledge management, product description, simulation, and artificial intelligence. There are two user interfaces in the system. They are user mediator and designer mediator. The system has been implemented to all major design processes including cold rolled steel product input, roll pass design, and simulation of the forming process. Furthermore an integrated intelligence knowledge base has also been established to assist users to design more rapidly and efficiently. A case study is presented to describe the procedure of using the multi-agent system developed.
Keywords :
cold rolling; forming processes; knowledge management; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; cold roll forming process; distributed multi-agent system; intelligent agent system; knowledge management; Artificial intelligence; Design automation; Educational institutions; Geometry; Mechanical engineering; Multiagent systems; Process design; Product design; Technology management; User interfaces; Cold roll forming; Intelligent agent system; Multi-agent system; Simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Knowledge Acquisition and Modeling Workshop, 2008. KAM Workshop 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3530-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3531-9
DOI :
10.1109/KAMW.2008.4810423
