Reference architecture for holonic manufacturing systems: PROSA
Computers in Industry - Special issue on manufacturing systems
Beliefs, desires and intentions through the environment
AAMAS '06 Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
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A multi-agent coordination and control system is deployed for controlling multiple interacting agricultural vehicles involved in the crop harvesting process. Crops are gathered by combine harvesters. The harvested product is transferred to one or more tractors every time the combine harvester's storage capacity is reached (figure 1). Good cooperation between the combine harvesters and the tractors is important for successfully completing the harvesting process. The multi-agent system allows concurrent planning and execution of the process, aiming to increase efficiency of the vehicles and improve cooperation between them. The planning is performed by short-term operational forecasting. The system provides detailed instructions and guidance to the operators of the individual vehicles (combine harvesters and tractors) by means of a graphical user interface. The state updates from the agricultural vehicles are considered by the multi-agent system, which dynamically updates the control instructions. In this way the control instructions for the agriculture vehicles remain valid and effective throughout the process.