Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER 3
INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF MATERIAL
HANDLING SYSTEMS
Kasper Hallenborg
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute
University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Denmark
1
HISTORICAL
INTRODUCTION
10.8
Matrix
83
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11
CASE STUDY 1: BAGGAGE
HANDLING SYSTEM
(BHS)
2
FLEXIBLE
MANUFACTURING
83
65
11.1
Performance Criteria
85
3
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
66
11.2
Worst-Case Scenario
87
11.3
Agent Design
87
4
NEW CHALLENGES
68
11.4
Toploader
88
5
AGENT TECHNOLOGY
70
11.5
Agent Interactions and
Ontology
93
6
MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS
72
11.6
Internal Agent Reasoning
95
7AGENTTYPES
3
12
CASE STUDY 2: MATERIAL
HANDLING IN AN
ANODIZATION SYSTEM
8AGENT
ARCHITECTURES
99
74
12.1
PACO Approach
101
9AGENT
COMMUNICATION
12.2
Agent Design
102
77
12.3
Interactions
104
10
AGENT ORGANIZATION
80
13
RESULTS
107
10.1
Hierarchies
81
13.1
Active, Sleeping, and Locked
Agents
10.2
Holarchies
81
108
10.3
Coalitions
82
13.2
Predecessor Validation
109
10.4
Teams
82
13.3
Floating
110
10.5
Societies
82
14
SUMMARY
111
10.6
Federations
82
10.7
Markets
83
REFERENCES
113
Manufacturers in highly developed countries around the world have, during the
last decade, experienced new challenges due to globalization and changes in
customer requirements. Shortening the time to market for new products and user
customization are some of the factors that challenge production planning for many
companies. Mass production of highly standardized products is either moving
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