This research book presents a conceptual model for Holonic Manufacturing Execution that draws together research threads from both holonics and multi-agent systems. In holonics, we found the notion of a holon as an entity being both awhole in itself and part of a larger system, and in multi-agent systems, we found the modelling approach of expressing software behaviour in terms of Beliefs, Desires and Intentions. The conceptual model brings focus to the executionfacet of Holonic Manufacturing, and forms a bridge between the areas of planning / scheduling and control; the areas of predominant concerns in the past decade of active research on Holonic Manufacturing. We present the model by mapping it onto two current BDI programming frameworks, and use this for two separate implementations of an execution systems for an industrial strength roboticassembly cell. Contains the latest research on intelligent holonic execution INDICE: Glossary III.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 3. Rational Agency.- 4.A Aonceptual Model for Holonic Manufacturing Execution 45.- 5. The Meter Box Cell.- 6. Future Work .- 7. Conclusion.- References.- Appendices.- A. The Pilot Systems.- A.1 Model Based Diagnosis.- A.1.1 VQ Shuttle.- A.2 HMS WP3.- A.2.1Huller-Hille Machine.- A.2.2 Wilson Line.- A.2.3 Sorting Conveyor.- A.3 Holonic Manufacturing Execution.- A.2.1 Meter Box Cell.- A.2.2 Packing Cell.- B. Gorite.- B.1 Process Modeling Classes.- B.2 Belief Modelling Classes.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-77478-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés