Coordinating Agents in Shop Floor Environments From a Dynamic Systems Perspective |
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Authors: | Gang Chen Zhonghua Yang Chor Ping Low |
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Affiliation: | Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore; |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we address agent coordination from a dynamic systems perspective and propose a dynamic coordination model, which is inspired by biological metabolic systems. A new coordination mechanism through dynamic local adjustment (CDLA) is presented, and coordination is achieved when every agent utilizes explicitly the global system dynamics and performs iteratively a dynamic local adjustment procedure. The CDLA mechanism is investigated in an example multiagent shop floor system. The results show that the example manufacturing process is well-coordinated and the coordination approach is practically applicable and effective |
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