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An integrated manufacturing network management framework by using mobile agent

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The growth in the development of distributed manufacturing systems necessitates increases in efficient technologies in order to facilitate management of the networked resources. Systems such as manufacturing automation protocol (MAP) already exist which were specifically designed for managing networked manufacturing devices. However, MAP has been criticised for being over-complex and expensive for small–medium sized enterprises. The simple network management protocol (SNMP) was designed for managing TCP/IP networks, and we argue that it can also be used for managing networked manufacturing devices. However, SNMP, like MAP, is based upon a client/server architecture, and both have scalability issues. We also investigate the use of mobile agent (MA) technology as a means of managing a domain of manufacturing devices. An integrated network management framework based on MA technology is developed to direct the research into the investigation of aligning network management paradigm to the strategic management decision.

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Abbreviations

CIM:

Computer integrated manufacturing

CoD:

Code on demand

DDR:

Distributed database repository

HMS:

Holonic manufacturing system

ISO:

International standards organisation

IT:

Information technology

KICAD:

Knowledge infrastructure of collaborative and agent-based design

LAN:

Local area network

MA:

Mobile agent

MaP:

Mobile agents platform

MAP:

Manufacturing automation protocol

MbD:

Management by delegation

MEI:

Manufacturing enterprise information layer

MIB:

Management information base

MMS:

Manufacturing message specification

OSI:

Open systems interconnection

REV:

Remote evaluation

RMON:

Remote network monitoring

SNMP:

Simple network management protocol

TCP/IP:

Transmission control protocol/internet protocol

TOP:

Technical office protocol

VPDAP:

Virtual physical domain agent platform

WAN:

Wide area network

D MA :

Total MA delay

D SNMP :

Total SNMP delay

L clus :

LAN MA delay under clustering

L MA :

MA delay in a LAN environment

\(ma_{\Delta }\) :

MA size increase

ma INIT :

Initial MA size

\({\overrightarrow{O}} _{{MA}}\) :

MA itinerary

φ LAN :

LAN propagation delay

φ WAN :

WAN propagation delay

s LAN :

LAN speed

s WAN :

WAN speed

ξ clus :

End-to-end MA delay under clustering

ξ MA :

End-to-end MA delay (over WAN)

ξ SNMP :

End-to-end SNMP delay (over WAN)

ξ VPDAP :

End-to-end MA delay using VPDAP

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  1. DL Consulting Ltd., Hamilton, New Zealand

    Chi-Yu Huang

  2. Faculty of Information and Engineering Systems, Leeds Metropolitan University, Calverley Street, Leeds, UK

    Kai Cheng

  3. Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Alan Holt

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Huang, CY., Cheng, K. & Holt, A. An integrated manufacturing network management framework by using mobile agent. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 32, 822–833 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-005-0378-1

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