Agent-Based Approach For Manufacturing

摘要

Recent changes in the society and economy lead to the need to study new approaches to model and develop an emerging generation of manufacturing systems. In a global scenario with customized trends, dynamism and information incompleteness are key factors to consider. In this scenario, Agent-based systems appear as a well suited approach for supporting distributed intelligence in manufacturing, allowing autonomy, reactive and pro-active behaviours, and social abilities support. This paper presents Fabricare, a prototype system for handling the problem of dynamic scheduling of manufacturing orders, considering incomplete information. We assume the holonic paradigm as a "vision" and overall guiding structure, while the agent paradigm is used as a development or implementation technology.