TY  - JOUR
AB  - A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a complex manufacturing system and it demands a robust control software for its scheduling, planning and control functions. This paper describes the development of an agent‐based infrastructure for the control of a cellular FMS. The FMS in this project is a flexible assembly cell (FAC), comprising two assembly robots and a conveyor system. The aim is to establish a multi‐agent control system with good expandability and to be able to cope with dynamic changes in the FAC. The proposed agent‐based FAC control system comprises a collection of agents implemented in a distributed control network. The approach of the agent design is based on the object‐oriented modelling technique. According to the proposed control architecture, a standard agent template has been designed for the establishment of individual agents in the agent‐based system.
VL  - 14
IS  - 7
SN  - 0957-6061
DO  - 10.1108/09576060310491955
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09576060310491955
AU  - Fan C.K.
AU  - Wong T.N.
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Agent‐based architecture for manufacturing system control
T2  - Integrated Manufacturing Systems
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 599
EP  - 609
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -