Agent-Based Modeling for Holonic Manufacturing Systems with Fuzzy Control - Flake, Stephan; Geiger, Christian; Lehrenfeld, G.; Müller, Wolfgang; Paelke, Volker; 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Proceedings of NAFIPS'99, 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 1999)
Agent-based systems technologies are of emerging interest in the specification and implementation of complex systems. This article introduces the CASA agent development system which seamlessly combines the BDI (belief desire intention) approach with the FIPA agent communication language standard and an integrated specification of fuzzy controllers. The behavior of agents is defined by strategies which basically correspond to extended guarded Horn clauses with priorities. The presented concepts are introduced by an example from computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). The example gives the specification of a fuzzy controller for a manufacturing station in the context of a holonic manufacturing system (HMS).
Keywords: conference paper; Manufacturing systems -- Fuzzy control -- Multiagent systems -- Control systems -- Concurrent computing -- Specification languages -- Communication standards -- Standards development -- Communication system control -- Computer integrated manufacturing