Application of co-operative agents in handling fluctuations in a pull production system
Oakley, V., Walsh, S. and Nahavandi, Saeid 2004, Application of co-operative agents in handling fluctuations in a pull production system, in Intelligent automation and control : trends, principles and applications : proceedings of the Sixth World Automation Congress (WAC) ISIAC 2004, ISOMA 2004, Seville, Spain, TSI Press, Albuquerque, N.M, pp. 1-6.
Intelligent automation and control : trends, principles and applications : proceedings of the Sixth World Automation Congress (WAC) ISIAC 2004, ISOMA 2004, Seville, Spain
International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control
Start page
1
End page
6
Publisher
TSI Press
Place of publication
Albuquerque, N.M
Summary
This paper presents the general details of the structure and strategy of a multi-agent system that is being developed to improve the performance of pull (kanban) production control to handle large fluctuations in product demand. Employing a set of generic, heterarchial agents each controlling a single product and co-operating together to ensure that all components, regardless of demand fluctuation, are manufactured on time as per basic kanban principles. Preliminary results indicate that the basic kanban model does not cater for large demand fluctuations and the application of this multi-agent strategy may be beneficial to improving the overall system performance and increase the likelihood that all products will be manufactured on time.
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ISBN
1889335223 9781889335223
Language
eng
Field of Research
091099 Manufacturing Engineering not elsewhere classified
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