Paper Info
Title
Capabilities of Dynamic Reconfiguration of Multiagent-Based Industrial Control Systems
Abstract
This paper focuses on reconfiguration aspects of agent-based industrial control systems. Reconfiguration is the ability of the control system to modify its behavior to cope with unusual conditions and changes of the production environment like machine breakdowns, product innovations, rush orders, etc. This paper presents a multiagent system dedicated to material flow control-manufacturing agent simulation tool (MAST)-and discusses in detail how agents efficiently cope with the dynamic reconfiguration. Two scenarios are discussed: 1) the automatic reconfiguration of the transportation paths carried out by agents in case of failures and 2) the structural reconfiguration enabling online addition, removal, or reconnection of equipment or transportation paths on the factory floor. Two proof-of-concept applications of MAST in University of Cambridge's and Vienna University of Technology's testbeds are described.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TSMCA.2009.2034863
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
control engineering computing,industrial control,multi-agent systems,production engineering computing,transportation,dynamic reconfiguration,factory floor,manufacturing agent simulation tool,material flow control,multiagent-based industrial control systems,transportation paths,Agent technology,dynamic path planning,industrial automation,material flow control,reconfigurable systems
Mathematical optimization,Factory,Computer science,Material flow,Industrial control system,Automation,Multi-agent system,Automatic control,Control system,Control reconfiguration,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
40
2
1083-4427
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
29
1.25
26
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pavel Vrba137034.60
Vladimir Mařík248663.00