Holonic Execution: A BDI Approach

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-642-09621-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 106, 100 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 178 g

Reihe: Studies in Computational Intelligence

The term “holon” was ?rst introduced by Koestler (Koestler, 1967) to c- ture the idea that both biological and social structures consisted of entities that were part of a larger whole, while being self-contained entities in their own right. These entities were called holons and the structures that they form werecalled holarchies. Inthisbook,wepresentaconceptualmodelforholonic manufacturing execution and then use this model to develop two implem- tations for an execution system for an industrial strength robotic assembly cell. The model is based on the experience that we have gained in developing a number of agent-based execution systems over the past 10 years. Manufacturingexecutionisthatactivitywhichisconcernedwiththem- agement of actual manufacturing tasks. It involves interaction with device controllers, but it is conceptually separate from manufacturing control. The applicability of the holonic concept to manufacturing was ?rst noted by Suda (Suda, 1990) and this led to the formation of the Holonic Manufacturing Systems project in 1993 (HMS Consortium, 2001). The HMS project was conducted under the auspices of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) program (IMS, 2005) and remains of the largest of the IMS projects to have been undertaken. The HMS project spanned three separate phases, ending in 2004. In addition, a signi?cant amount of work (including the work described in this book) was conducted outside the HMS project. Conceptually, holons are similar to agents.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarvis, Jacqueline

Rönnquist, Ralph

Jarvis, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Computergestützte Fertigung
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Glossary III.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 3. Rational Agency.- 4. A Aonceptual Model for Holonic Manufacturing Execution 45.- 5. The Meter Box Cell.- 6. Future Work.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- Appendices.- A. The Pilot Systems.- A.1 Model Based Diagnosis.- A.1.1 VQ Shuttle.- A.2 HMS WP3.- A.2.1 Huller-Hille Machine.- A.2.2 Wilson Line.- A.2.3 Sorting Conveyor.- A.3 Holonic Manufacturing Execution.- A.2.1 Meter Box Cell.- A.2.2 Packing Cell.- B. Gorite.- B.1 Process Modeling Classes.- B.2 Belief Modelling Classes.