Agent-based smart objects management system for real-time ubiquitous manufacturing
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
A multi-agent system using iterative bidding mechanism to enhance manufacturing agility
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Workflow management for soft real-time interactive applications in virtualized environments
Future Generation Computer Systems
Task-driven e-manufacturing resource configurable model
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
RFID-enabled real-time manufacturing information tracking infrastructure for extended enterprises
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Agent-based Gateway Operating System for RFID-enabled ubiquitous manufacturing enterprise
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Evaluating the performance of a discrete manufacturing process using RFID: A case study
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
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Recent developments in wireless technologies have created opportunities for developing reconfigurable wireless manufacturing systems with real-time traceability, visibility and interoperability in shop-floor planning, execution and control. This paper proposes to use agent-based workflow management as a mechanism to facilitate interactions among RFID-enabled reconfigurable manufacturing resources. A production process is modelled as a workflow network. Its nodes correspond to the work (process), and its edges to flows of control and data. Nodes are represented as agents and edges as messages. As a sandwich layer, agents wrap manufacturing services around a work-cell and their operational logics/intelligence for cost-effectively collecting and processing real-time manufacturing data, forming so-called work-cell gateways. A reference framework for a shop-floor gateway is proposed based on the three key components: Workflow management, manufacturing services universal description, discovery and integration (namely MS-UDDI) and work-cell agents. Work-cell agents are packaged, registered and published at MS-UDDI as web services which are easily reused and reconfigured in the workflow for a specific production process. Finally, a prototype system is presented to demonstrate how the proposed method is used to define and execute a real-time reconfigurable manufacturing project.