A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems
Rapidly changing market requirements and shorter product lifecycles demand assembly systems that are able to cope with frequently changing resources, resource capabilities and product specifications. This paper presents a multi-agent framework that can adapt an assembly system in order to cope with...
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| author | Antzoulatos, Nikolas Castro, Elkin de Silva, Lavindra Rocha, André Dionisio Ratchev, Svetan Barata, José |
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| description | Rapidly changing market requirements and shorter product lifecycles demand assembly systems that are able to cope with frequently changing resources, resource capabilities and product specifications. This paper presents a multi-agent framework that can adapt an assembly system in order to cope with such changes. The focus of this work is on the ability to plug resources (such as PLCs) into and out of the system, and dynamically aggregate resource capabilities to form more complex ones as resources are plugged in. In addition, an implementation of the framework on an industrial assembly system is discussed, and some insights are provided into some of the key features that product specification languages ought to have to be useful in real world assembly systems, and into the added value of using the proposed framework. |
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| spelling | nottingham-399292020-05-04T18:16:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39929/ A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems Antzoulatos, Nikolas Castro, Elkin de Silva, Lavindra Rocha, André Dionisio Ratchev, Svetan Barata, José Rapidly changing market requirements and shorter product lifecycles demand assembly systems that are able to cope with frequently changing resources, resource capabilities and product specifications. This paper presents a multi-agent framework that can adapt an assembly system in order to cope with such changes. The focus of this work is on the ability to plug resources (such as PLCs) into and out of the system, and dynamically aggregate resource capabilities to form more complex ones as resources are plugged in. In addition, an implementation of the framework on an industrial assembly system is discussed, and some insights are provided into some of the key features that product specification languages ought to have to be useful in real world assembly systems, and into the added value of using the proposed framework. Taylor & Francis 2016-10-17 Article PeerReviewed Antzoulatos, Nikolas, Castro, Elkin, de Silva, Lavindra, Rocha, André Dionisio, Ratchev, Svetan and Barata, José (2016) A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems. International Journal of Production Research . ISSN 0020-7543 Manufacturing multi-agent system capability framework plug and produce assembly systems reconfiguration http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2016.1243268 doi:10.1080/00207543.2016.1243268 doi:10.1080/00207543.2016.1243268 |
| spellingShingle | Manufacturing multi-agent system capability framework plug and produce assembly systems reconfiguration Antzoulatos, Nikolas Castro, Elkin de Silva, Lavindra Rocha, André Dionisio Ratchev, Svetan Barata, José A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title | A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title_full | A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title_fullStr | A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title_short | A multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| title_sort | multi-agent framework for capability-based reconfiguration of industrial assembly systems |
| topic | Manufacturing multi-agent system capability framework plug and produce assembly systems reconfiguration |
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