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A Multi-Agent-Based Agile Scheduling Model for a Virtual Manufacturing Environment

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In order to develop a multi-agent-based scheduling system for a virtual manufacturing environment, it is necessary to build various functional agents for all the resources and an agent manager to improve the scheduling agility. In this paper, a hybrid hierarchical model for agile job scheduling in a virtual workshop environment is proposed. The operations of the virtual manufacturing units, the negotiation processes and protocols among the agents are described in detail. Furthermore, forward and backward searching methods supported by the negotiation protocol are proposed for task assignment.

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  1. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, P R China

    Z. D. Zhou, H. H. Wang & Y. P. Chen

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore

    S. K. Ong, J.Y.H. Fuh & A. Y. C. Nee

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Correspondence to S. K. Ong.

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Zhou, Z., Wang, H., Chen, Y. et al. A Multi-Agent-Based Agile Scheduling Model for a Virtual Manufacturing Environment . Int. Journ. Adv. Manufac. Tech. 21, 980–984 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-002-1420-1

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