The model-based product agent: A control oriented architecture for intelligent products in multi-agent manufacturing systems |
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Affiliation: | 1. Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Sta Apolónia, Apartado 1134, 5301-857 Bragança, Portugal;2. LIACC – Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory, R. Campo Alegre 102, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal;3. Univ. Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France;4. UVHC, TEMPO Research Center, F-59313 Valenciennes, France;5. UVHC, LAMIH, F-59313 Valenciennes, France |
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Abstract: | The multi-agent control strategy has been previously shown to improve the flexibility of complex, dynamic manufacturing systems. One key component of this strategy is the product agent. The product agent is responsible for autonomously guiding a physical part in the manufacturing system based on its production goals. Though the product agent has been described in previous works, a fully developed software architecture for the product agent that uses a model-based optimization approach has not been proposed. In this work, a product agent architecture with the capabilities to explore the local environment, plan and schedule events based on its knowledge, and request desired actions from the resources in the system is presented and tested. |
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Keywords: | Intelligent products Multi-agent systems Manufacturing control Software architectures Intelligent manufacturing systems |
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