Multi-agent and distributed-rulesbased agile production scheduling approach
一类基于多Agent和分布式规则的敏捷生产调度

The agent paradigm is one of the most prominent approaches to build an agile production scheduling system,but there are still some key problems to be solved,such as how to construct a proper multi_agent system architecture for the agile production scheduling,and how to create an appropriate mechanism for agents to coordinate or cooperate with each other and to create desired production schedulers.A multi_agent and distributed rule based approach is proposed for production scheduling in agile manufacturing systems in this paper.First,a function_based decomposition method was suggested to make a hierarchical multi_agent system,which was populated by three classes of agents,namely Resource Agents,Part Agents and Management Agents,and the basic structure and definitions of these agents were presented.Then,based on distributed rule methods,the coordination or cooperation strategies and the scheduling mechanism for agents were presented for the purposes of agile production scheduling.Finally,simulation results were given to illustrate this approach.