A Multi-Agent Architecture For Automated Product Technical Specifications Verification In Cad Environments

Authors:
Soumaya Cherkaoui;Alain Desrochers;Dounia Habhouba
Affiliations:
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada;Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada;Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Venue:
Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science - Computer Supported Cooperative Work In Design
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper presents a multi-agent architecture and a supporting data structure suited for the verification of constraints in a mechanical engineering design context. The data structure is composed of three levels, namely an environment level, providing a link to existing mechanical engineering software, an expert level, capturing product requirements and trade knowledge through constraints formulation and finally a product level, dealing with specific products under development. Constraints and models are assigned distinctive attributes, which are then exploited by the agents in their verification strategies, which are rightly termed as constraint or model driven. Multi-agent task planning provides an additional level of optimization for the operation of agents in their mission to check the product against the various constraints throughout the design process.