Production Planning and Scheduling System Based on MAS for Proces s Industries
Zhao Yuan · Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems · 2000
The planning/scheduling system of process in dustry includes a global optimization unit, which works at the level of the plan t, and several local optimization units, which work at the level of the local pr ocess. All these units construct a typical hierachical Multiagent System (MAS). We have studied this kind of system and built a prototype based on the MAS architecture. Our system can fit the requirements of different type of process industries. Th e issues that we have studied include the architecture of this kind of system, t he cooperation between Agents, the storage and communication of the production d ata, the communication protocol of the control information and system working pr ocess. The re sult of our research will greatly improve the realization of an efficient system .