Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control
Output in high-volume production facilities is limited by bottleneck machines. We propose a control mechanism by modeling workstations as agents that pull jobs from other agents based on their current WIP level and requirements. During failures, when flows of some jobs are disrupted, the agents pull...
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description | Output in high-volume production facilities is limited by bottleneck machines. We propose a control mechanism by modeling workstations as agents that pull jobs from other agents based on their current WIP level and requirements. During failures, when flows of some jobs are disrupted, the agents pull alternative jobs to maintain utilization of their capacity at a high level. In this paper, we empirically demonstrate that the proposed mechanism can react to failures more appropriately than other control mechanisms using a benchmark problem of a semiconductor manufacturing process. |
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spelling | doaj.art-94093096f833448f9fcdb7c1afd8a2ae2022-12-22T03:39:23ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersJournal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing1881-30542007-04-011220521610.1299/jamdsm.1.205jamdsmAddressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent ControlRajesh GAUTAM0Kazuo MIYASHITA1University of TsukubaNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Output in high-volume production facilities is limited by bottleneck machines. We propose a control mechanism by modeling workstations as agents that pull jobs from other agents based on their current WIP level and requirements. During failures, when flows of some jobs are disrupted, the agents pull alternative jobs to maintain utilization of their capacity at a high level. In this paper, we empirically demonstrate that the proposed mechanism can react to failures more appropriately than other control mechanisms using a benchmark problem of a semiconductor manufacturing process.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/1/2/1_2_205/_pdf/-char/enmultiagent systemsproduction controlartificial intelligence |
spellingShingle | Rajesh GAUTAM Kazuo MIYASHITA Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing multiagent systems production control artificial intelligence |
title | Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control |
title_full | Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control |
title_fullStr | Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control |
title_full_unstemmed | Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control |
title_short | Addressing Production System Failures Using Multi-agent Control |
title_sort | addressing production system failures using multi agent control |
topic | multiagent systems production control artificial intelligence |
url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/1/2/1_2_205/_pdf/-char/en |
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