T&Aelig;MS: a framework for environment centered analysis and design of coordination mechanisms
Foundations of distributed artificial intelligence
Proceedings of the first international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems: part 3
Coordinated Hospital Patient Scheduling
ICMAS '98 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi Agent Systems
A soft computing approach for task contracting in multi-agent manufacturing control
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Soft computing in industrial applications
Multiagent Systems for Manufacturing Control
Multiagent Systems for Manufacturing Control
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In this paper we face a problem for chemical processes in a production system; items should undergochemical reactions in different baths to be processed by the system. Recipes for the processes only specify minimum and maximum times for each bath, and recipes depends strongly on characteristics of the item. We have applied the PACO paradigm for reactive agents to create control software for the system, and designed simple physical force-like interaction mechanisms, so the agents manage to fulfill their individua land global goals. We outline the problem and argue why the PACO approach suits this problem, before detailed explaining how the agents are design and the interactions established for the planning to succeed.