Usability of Multi-agent Based Control Systems in Industrial Automation

  • Authors:
  • Ivanka Terzic;Alois Zoitl;Martijn Rooker;Thomas Strasser;Pavel Vrba;Vladimir Mařík

  • Affiliations:
  • Automation and Control Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 1040;Automation and Control Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 1040;PROFACTOR GmbH, Steyr-Gleink, Austria 4407;PROFACTOR GmbH, Steyr-Gleink, Austria 4407;Rockwell Automation Research Center, Prague, Czech Republic 15500;Rockwell Automation Research Center, Prague, Czech Republic 15500 and Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic 1 ...

  • Venue:
  • HoloMAS '09 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems: Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A future adaptive and reconfigurable manufacturing system has to address, beside the requirements for agile and fast reaction to sudden and unpredictable changes in production demands, also the problem of user acceptance and understanding of such highly intelligent reconfigurable systems. Thus, the usability is a major criterion for the design of future manufacturing systems. The design and development of both the architecture for simplifying of development of such systems and the advanced diagnostic, monitoring, and human-interaction system will provide an easy maintenance and increased acceptance of such systems.