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Cheeseman, M. J., Swann, P., Hesketh, G. B. and Barnes, Stuart (2005) Adaptive manufacturing scheduling : a flexible and configurable agent-based prototype. Production Planning & Control, Volume 16 (Number 5). pp. 479-487. doi:10.1080/09537280500121810
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537280500121810
Abstract
To improve the decision support tools available to manufacturing engineers operating in less than certain environments, an agent-based manufacturing scheduling system has been developed. In this paper, the application of intelligent agents to manufacturing problems is discussed and a description of the developed system is provided. The proof-of-concept demonstrator was developed using the JADE platform, XML ontology and a message passing system based on the contract-net protocol. The system was designed to be generic, allowing it to be tailored to suit a wide variety of different manufacturing problems. To demonstrate this, the system was used to model an existing manufacturing cell within Rolls-Royce. The system successfully produced schedules of comparable quality to the existing control system, with the added capability to proactively adapt to changing circumstances. Further work includes the development of a statistical analysis tool set to support and further testing to quantify the operational benefits of the agent-based scheduler.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology T Technology > TS Manufactures H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Production Planning & Control | ||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0953-7287 | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2005 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 16 | ||||
| Number: | Number 5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 479-487 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09537280500121810 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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