A contract net based intelligent agent system for solving the reactive hoist scheduling problem

Authors:
David Jégou;Dae-Won Kim;Pierre Baptiste;Kwang H. Lee
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KAIST, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, 305-731 Daejeon, Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Heukseok-dong, Dongia-gu, Seoul, Korea;Department of Industrial Engineering, INSA (National Institute of Applied Sciences), Lyon, France;Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KAIST, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, 305-731 Daejeon, Korea
Venue:
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In this article a new approach for solving the Reactive Hoist Scheduling Problem is proposed. The investigation focuses on the case where multiple hoists, sharing the same rail, are used to convey a single type of jobs along the line according to a given production sequence. It is based on two distinct, though coupled, multi-agent systems. The first system is responsible for making a decision about the input date for the next job, while the second system is concerned with the assignment of transfer operations of jobs between tanks to the hoists. These multi-agent systems use two different types of auction mechanisms to attain cooperation.