Resource Allocation in Continuous Production using Market-Based Multi-Agent Systems

Distributed resource allocation is a promising field for the application of multi-agent systems also in technical or industrial environments. The design of the multi-agent system then mainly comprises the definition of the agents' local knowledge and behavior as well as the definition of an int...

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Published in2007 5th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics Vol. 2; pp. 1085 - 1090
Main Author Voos, H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2007
Subjects
Application software
Continuous production
Control systems
Discrete event systems
Electrical equipment industry
Logistics
Manufacturing
Multiagent systems
Resource management
Transportation
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Summary:Distributed resource allocation is a promising field for the application of multi-agent systems also in technical or industrial environments. The design of the multi-agent system then mainly comprises the definition of the agents' local knowledge and behavior as well as the definition of an interaction protocol for overall coordination. Most solutions of agent-based resource allocation however exist in static or discrete-event systems while the allocation of resources to continuous dynamic systems is hardly addressed. In order to derive the local and the interaction behavior of the agents, we refer to a mathematical formulation of the resource allocation problem as an optimization problem. Based on a marketlike coordination scheme, a new agent-based solution for the allocation of resources to continuous production processes is developed and applied to an industrial examples. The novelty hereby is the suitable combination of resource allocation and process control in continuous production.
ISBN:9781424408504
1424408504
ISSN:1935-4576
2378-363X
DOI:10.1109/INDIN.2007.4384926