Multi-agent architecture for reconfiguration of precision modular assembly systems

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 315, Issue , 2010, Pages 247-254

  Ferreira, Pedro ^a   Lohse, Niels ^a   Ratchev, Svetan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modular Assembly Systems; Reconfigurable Assembly Systems

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; REUSABILITY; RIVETING;

AGENT ARCHITECTURES; CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURES; LOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; MODULAR ASSEMBLY; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; PRECISION ASSEMBLIES; RECONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 76749084851     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11598-1_29     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Koren, Y., et al.: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems. CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology 48(2) (1999)
2. Kratochvíl, M., Carson, C.: Growing Modular. Spinger, Berlin (2005)
3. Onori, M., et al.: European precision assembly roadmap 2012. The Assembly-Net Consotium (2002)
4. EUPASS. Evolvable Ultra-Precsion Assembly SystemS (2008), http://www.eupass-fp6.org/
5. Alsterman, H., Onori, M.: Process-Oriented Assembly System Concepts-The MarklV Approach. In: ISATP 2001, Fukuoka, Japan (2001)
6. Gaugel, T., Bengel, M., Malthan, D.: Building a mini-assembly system from a technology construction kit. Assembly Automation 24(1), 43-48 (2004)
7. Bi, Z.M., et al.: Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art. International Journal of Production Research 46, 967-992 (2008)
8. Perremans, P.: Feature-based description of modular fixturing elements: the key to an expert system for the automatic design of the physical fixture. Advances in Engineering Software 25(1), 19-27 (1996)
9. Tsai, Y.-T., Wang, K.-S.: The development of modular-based design in considering technology complexity. European Journal of Operational Research 119, 692-703 (1999)
10. Levin, M.S.: Towards combinatorial analysis, adaptation, and planning of humancomputer systems. Applied Intelligence 16(3), 235-247 (2002)
11. Hong, N.K., Hong, S.: Entity-based models for computer-aided design systems. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 12(1), 30-41 (1998)
12. Watson, I.: Case-based reasoning is a methodology not a technology. Knowledge-Based Systems 12, 303-308 (1999)
13. Tang, L., et al.: Concurrent Line-Balancing, Equipment Selection and Throughput Analysis for Multi-Part Optimal Line Design. The International Journal for Manufacturing Science & Production 6, 71-81 (2004)
14. Ohiro, T., et al.: A stochastic model for deciding an optimal production order and its corresponding configuration in a reconfigurable manufacturing system with multiple product groups. International Conference on Agile, Reconfigurable Manufacturing (2003); Ann Arbor
15. Zhao, X., Wang, K., Luo, Z.: A stochastic model of a reconfigurable manufacturing system Part I, a framework. International Journal of Production Research 38(10), 2273-2285 (2000)
16. Bi, Z.M., et al.: Development of reconfigurable machines. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2007)
17. Shen, W., et al.: Applications of agent-based systems in intelligent manufacturing: An updated review. Advanced Engineering Informatics 20(4), 415-431 (2006)
18. Lohse, N.: Towards an Ontology Framework for the Integrated Design of Modular Assembly Systems. University of Nottingham (2006)
19. Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N.R., Wooldridge, M.: Multiagent systems as computational organisations: the Gaia methodology. In: Henderson-Sellers, B., Giorgini, P. (eds.), pp. 136-171. Idea Group Publishers (2005)