An agent-based simulation approach in an IDSS for evaluating performance in flow-shop manufacturing system

Intelligent Decision Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-293

  Taghezout, Noria ^a,b   Zaraté, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

"Unit valeur ajout e" (UVA) method; Agent based simulation (ABS); Intelligent decision support system (IDSS); Multi agent system (MAS); Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013617081     PISSN: 18724981     EISSN: 18758843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IDT-2011-0111     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. H. Abbad and N. Taghezout, Proposition d’un mod`ele décisionnel pour évaluer la performance d’une production, The International Conference on applied Informatics ICAI09, Bordj Bou Arreridj, November, (2009), 15-17.
2. F. Bellifemine, G. Caire, A. Poggi and G. JADE, A software framework for developing multi-agent applications. Lessons learned, In Information and Software Technology 50 (2008), 10-21.
3. Z. Bing-hai, W. Shi-jin and X. Lifeng, Agent-based decision support system for dynamic scheduling of a flexible manufacturing system, Int J Computer Applications in Technology 32(No. 1) (2008), 47-62.
4. H. Bouquin, Comptabilité de Gestion, Economica, (2000), 97.
5. Y. Chevaleyre, N. Maudet, P. Sousa et al., Issues in Multiagent Resource Allocation, In Informatica 30 (2006), 3-31.
6. G. Coates, Agent co-ordination aided distributed computational engineering design, In Expert Systems with Applications 31 (2006), 776-786.
7. Z.X. Guo, W.K. Wong, S.Y.S. Leung and J.T. Fan, Intelligent production control decision support system for flexible assembly lines, In Expert Systems with Applications (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.03.023.
8. JADE Web Site, Available from: .
9. N.R. Jennings, Coordination techniques for distributed artificial intelligence, in: Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence, G.M.P. O’Hare and N.R. Jennings, eds, Wiley, London, 1996, 187-210.
10. R. Kee: The sufficiency of product and variable costs for production related decisions when economies of scope are present. In International Journal of Production Economics (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.03.003,1-32.
11. P. Leitao, Agent-based distributed manufacturing control: A state-of-the-art survey, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 22 (2008), 979-991.
12. M. Mahesh, S.K. Ong and A.Y.C. Ne, Communication and Coordination in Multi-Agent Manufacturing System, International Journal of Manufacturing Research 1(1) (2006), 59-82.
13. V. Marik and J. Lazansky, Industrial applications of agent technologies, Control Engineering Practice 15 (2007), 1364-1380.
14. G. Lo. Nigroa and S. Noto, Coordination policies to support decision making in distributed production planning, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing 19 (2003), 521-531.
15. Y. L. Pesor and O. de LaVillarmois, Origine et développement d’une méthode de calcul des côuts: la méthode des Unités de Valeur Ajoutée (UVA), In Communication In 4e Congr`es International de Génie Industriel, (June 2001).
16. Q. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Zheng, Multi-Agent Based IDSS Architecture and Negotiation Mechanism, In Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (Chinese Language) 21(1) (Feb 2002), 6-10.
17. R. Ribeiro, Intelligent Decision Support Tool for Prioritizing Equipment Repairs in Critical/Disaster Situations. In: Proc Of Euro Working On Decision Support Systems Workshop, London, England, 2006.
18. E. Sevtsenko, R. Kutt and T. Kaaraulova, Using of multiagents in an intelligent decision support system for collaborative SME-s, In 1er Nordic on Product Lifecycle Management-NordPLM’06, Goteborg, 25-26 January 2006, 123-134.
19. W.M. Shen, Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling Using Intelligent Agents, In IEEE Intelligent Systems 17(1) (2008), 88-94.
20. N. Taghezout and P. Zaraté, A Hybrid Approach for Designing an Adaptive User Interface: IDSS and BDI Agents, T.-h.Kim et al., eds, ASEA2008, CCIS 30,. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISSN 1865-0929 (Print) 1865-0937 (Online), 2009, 164-182.
21. N. Taghezout and P. Zaraté, Supporting a multicriterion decision making and multi-agent negotiation in manufacturing systems, In Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal, Publisher IOS Press, ISSN 1872-4981, 3(3) (2009), 139-155.
22. A. Tharumarajah, Survey of resource allocation methods for distributed manufacturing systems, Production Planning & Control 12(1) (2001), 58-68, DOI: 10.1080/09537280150203 988, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537280150203988.
23. E. Turban and J. Aronson, Decision support systems and intelligent systems, Prentice-Hall International, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2001.
24. J. Tweedale, N. Ichalkaranje, C. Sioutis, B. Jarvis, A. Consoli and G. Phillips-Wren, Innovations in multi-agent systems, J Network and Computer Applications 30 (2007), 1089-1115.
25. Olivier de La Villarmois and Yves Levant, Simplified Customer Profitability Evaluation: The equivalence based method, Cost Management (2009), 28-34.
26. F. Von Martial, Cooperation and Coordination of Intelligent Agents, in Coordinating Plans of Autonomous Agents, Springer-Verlag, 1992.
27. W. Xiang and H.P. Lee, Ant colony intelligence in multi-agent dynamic manufacturing scheduling. In Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 21 (2008), 73-85.