Distributed control with rationally bounded agents in cyber-physical production systems

Vrabič, Rok (author), Kozjek, Dominik (author), Malus, Andreja (author), Zaletelj, Viktor (author), Butala, Peter (author)

Cyber-physical production systems are transforming traditional, hierarchical control structures into distributed ones in which the elements offer and consume services with a high degree of autonomy. This paper proposes an agent-based approach to distributed control for production environments in which the agents are only able to interact with a part of the whole system. It hypothesises that the performance of the agent network can be improved through learning and communication. A description of the approach is presented and illustrated with a simulation case of distributed control for an industrial compressed-air system.

• Language: English
• Keywords: manufacturing system, distributed control, multi-agent system
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Year: 2018
• Number of pages: [v tisku, 4 str.]
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-101584
• UDC: 681.5:658.5(045)
• ISSN on article: 0007-8506
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2018.04.037
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16026651
• Publication date in RUL: 18.06.2018

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: CIRP annals
• Shortened title: CIRP ann.
• Publisher: Technische Rundschau, Hallwag Verlag, Colibri, Elsevier
• ISSN: 0007-8506
• COBISS.SI-ID: 170267

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: proizvodni sistem, porazdeljeno krmiljenje, večagentni sistem

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0270
• Name: Proizvodni sistemi, laserske tehnologije in spajanje materialov