Distributed Production Scheduling Using Federated Agent Architecture

Authors:
Jayeola Femi Opadiji;Toshiya Kaihara
Affiliations:
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan;Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan
Venue:
HoloMAS '07 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Making a production system readily reconfigurable in a bid to adapt to very fluid demand profile is pertinent to cost reduction and facility utilization objectives of the system. We consider a production scheduling methodology based on federated agent architecture designed for a flexible job shop with dynamic demand. The interaction protocol within the social network is based on a facilitated auction mechanism. This model employs competition at job centers to maximize financial returns and uses cooperation among facilitator agents to minimize weighted tardiness.