We present an auction-based approach to manufacturing control. Workpieces auction off their current task, while machines bid for tasks. When awarding a machine, a workpiece takes ...
The paper provides an overview of the agent-based solutions developed by the Rockwell Automation company for the purposes of industrial control. Using agent-based manufacturing co...
The success of agent-oriented concepts in various application domains, in particular in manufacturing control, creates the need for an agent-oriented analysis, design, and program...
We introduce MAGENTA’s commercial multi-agent systems technology, and illustrate its practical use by describing a field-tested application in the area of logistics/scheduling....
Jonathan Himoff, Petr Skobelev, Michael Wooldridge
Intelligent agents provide a means to integrate various manufacturing software applications. The agents are typically executed in a computer-based collaborative environment, refer...