Reference architecture for holonic manufacturing systems: PROSA

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Reference architecture for holonic manufacturing systems, the key to support evolution and reconfiguration

New revolutionary manufacturing paradigms, which take advantage of the newest emerging mechatronics, information, and communication technologies, and integrate them in a highly dynamic and agile economic, technical, and organizational manufacturing environment, are being researched and developed since the last decade of the 20th century. This new generation of manufacturing systems is referenced as intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS), and both the "holonic manufacturing system" (HMS) and the "agent-oriented manufacturing system" paradigms have been presented in recent years as the basis for making such systems a reality. This paper reports on the design and realization of an agent-based intelligent control system for industrial manufacturing systems, which covers both conventional mechatronics equipment and embedded control agents. The agent-based control software components are implemented as Windows NT services and logic control programs and interfaced via distributed component object model (DCOM) and Ethernet. Results of the application in an industrial manufacturing environment are used to show the effectiveness of the proposed "Holonic" approach.

An agent-based intelligent control platform for industrial holonic manufacturing systems

The majority of research and commercial efforts in computer-based methods for design and manufacture relate to applications in Computer Aided Design (CAD), whilst research in Computer-Automated Process Planning (CAPP) has substantially enriched the design knowledge domain with concepts that originated in the manufacturing domain. The development of isolated computer applications was recognized as a potential problem, leading to the definition of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) concept, seeking to achieve the local integration of systems. The introduction and development of the internet have since provided a decisive advancement in the communications infrastructure. We can now capitalize on recent advances in computer graphic visualization and distributed information management systems, in order to positively impact product development and realization and to develop objective risk mitigation strategies on a global basis. In this context, Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) can be defined as 'th...

Digital enterprise technology - defining perspectives and research priorities

Abs t rac t . We show how to organize a collection of intelligent cooperating agents into a rough mereological controller for the purpose of assembling a complex object with desired quality from its elementary parts. This scheme for synthesis of a complex object from its elementary parts provides a framework for e.g. quality control in concurrent engineering as well as cooperative problem-solving.

Rough Mereology

1. The Manufacturing System. 2. CIM Models and Concepts. 3. Analysis Tools for Manufacturing. 4. Flexible Manufacturing and Assembly Equipment. 5. Control Structures for Manufacturing Systems in the CAM Area. 6. Communication Nets and Protocol Standards. 7. CAD: Its Role in Manufacturing. 8. Process Planning and Manufacturing Scheduling. 9. Robotics. 11. City Assurance. 12. References and Further Reading. Index.

B. O. Nnaji

Papers

Computer Integrated Manufacturing And Engineering