Multi-agent model to control production system: a reactive and emergent approach by cooperation and competition between agents

Authors:
Mahmoud Tchikou;Eric Gouardères
Affiliations:
Laboratoire d'Informatique Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, U.F.R. Sciences et Techniques, Département Informatique, Pau Cedex, France;Laboratoire d’Informatique Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, U.F.R. Sciences et Techniques, Département Informatique, Pau Cedex, France
Venue:
NODe'02 Proceedings of the NODe 2002 agent-related conference on Agent technologies, infrastructures, tools, and applications for E-services
Year:
2002

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Abstract

Multi-agent systems have been successfully used in a number of industrial applications. However, in the domain of industrial automation systems, little practical experience about the use of agents in such a demanding environment exists. Nowadays automation systems face new challenges and therefore new concepts are needed to meet them. This paper presents a vision of using agents within industrial automation systems from the point of view of automation engineering. To this end, the characteristic structures of automation systems are analyzed and opportunities, as well as advantages, of applying agent-oriented concepts are investigated. A possible approach for the integration of a multi-agent system into existing automation systems is introduced and illustrated by an application example.