A control method with pheromone information for a transport system |
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Authors: | Yoshitaka Imoto Yasutaka Tsuji and Eiji Kondo |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk-dong Buk-gu, 702-701 Daegu, South Korea;(2) School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 315 North Grant Street, 47907-2023 West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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Abstract: | Since the control methods of a transport system between processing machines are specialized for each layout of the system,
it is difficult to design prompt schedules and control logic for new complicated systems, especially in cases of machine faults
or restructuring the system to modify the layout. In this article, we describe a multiagent transport control system which
utilizes pheromone information. Each element of the system acts as an agent and estimates the appropriate path and time to
drive out the products using information obtained by communication with other elements as well as pheromone information deposited
on the tracks of the products. |
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