Manufacturing Planning and Predictive Process Models Integration Using Software Agents

Published

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Keith A. Stouffer, Kevin K. Jurrens

Abstract

Intelligent agents provide a means to integrate various manufacturing software applications. The agents are typically executed in a computer-based collaborative environment, sometimes referred to as a multi-agent system. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a prototype multi-agent system supporting the integration of manufacturing planning, predictive machining models, and manufacturing control. The agents within this platform have access to a knowledge base, a manufacturing resource database, a numerical control programming system, a mathematical equation solving system, and a computer-aided design system. Intelligence has been implemented within the agents in rules that are used for process planning, service selection, and job execution. The primary purposes for developing such a platform are to support the integration of predictive models, process planning, and shop floor machining activities and to demonstrate an integration framework to enable the use of machining process knowledge with higher-level manufacturing applications.

Citation

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volume

19

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

intelligent agents, machine control, manufacturing planning, multi-agent system, systems integration

Citation

Feng, S. , Stouffer, K. and Jurrens, K. (2005), Manufacturing Planning and Predictive Process Models Integration Using Software Agents, Advanced Engineering Informatics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822324 (Accessed April 16, 2024)