Model on the Task Scheduling in Virtual Enterprise Based on Multi-agent Technology and Its Optimization
基于多智能体的虚拟企业任务调度模型及优化

By means of multi-agent technology, the task-scheduling model in a virtual enterprise (VE) is presented, and the operation process of task-scheduling in VE based on the above model is explained. In the optimization of task-scheduling, the production tasks of each resource agent are taken as the research objective; and the model for taskscheduling in VE for minimizing the production duration is established by comprehensively considering the logical relation among subtasks, the operation time of each subtask, the assigned production activities of each resource agent, etc. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is employed for the problem-solving. Finally, a real example and the numerical simulation show that this task-scheduling model in VE and the optimization algorithm are effective.