A multi-agent based scheduling system: a Co-operative and reactive approach

摘要

This paper presents a co-operative and reactive model and a multiagent architecture for co-operative scheduling in a jobshop context. First we introduce a workshop scheduling model structured according to tree decision levels enabling, through co-operation, to absorb disruptions internal to a production cell composed of autonomous machines. Next we present a multi-agent system currently in development, simulating the reactive and co-operative scheduling of a production cell according to the preceding model. Then, agents and different co-operation protocols allowing them to solve an internal perturbation are described. Finally, we conclude on the limits and the perspectives of our research.