Multi-agent adaptive dispatching for heterarchical manufacturing systems

摘要

This paper considers manufacturing systems where all the dispatching decisions are taken by different agents associated with a physcial resource or in-orucess entiy. Each agent applies weighted combinations of different decision rules. Manipulating rule wights during the plant operation allows the control agents to adapt their decisions to a changing environment. Simulation shows the successful application of this adaptive multi-agent methodology to part dispatching in a Flexible Assembly System.