A multi-agent system for minimizing energy costs in cement production |
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Authors: | Orcun Yildirim Geylani Kardas |
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Affiliation: | International Computer Institute, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey |
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Abstract: | A cement production planning system is expected to minimize energy costs. Further, such a system needs to be as autonomous as possible to decrease time loss during the communication between related departments of the plant. Hence, in this paper, we present a multi-agent system (MAS) in which software agents work collaboratively in order to assist production, planning and sales departments of a cement plant for the generation of cost-effective cement production plans. Implemented system was deployed and actively used inside one of the plants of a leading cement company in Turkey. Evaluation result shows that the utilization of the proposed system caused a significant energy cost saving. Moreover, workers in the planning department of the cement plant saved approximately 75% of their working hour by using the system. Total workload of the employees (including all departments) decreased to its half. |
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Keywords: | Software agent Multi-agent system Mobile agent Production planning Cement production |
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