This thesis introducing XML technology and SOAP technology,present an agent communication framework based on XML and SOAP technique,and analyze the principle,architecture,function and benefit of it. At the end, based ...This thesis introducing XML technology and SOAP technology,present an agent communication framework based on XML and SOAP technique,and analyze the principle,architecture,function and benefit of it. At the end, based on KQML communication primitive languages.展开更多
With the aid of multi-agent based modeling approach to complex systems, the hierarchy simulation models of carrier-based aircraft catapult launch are developed. Ocean, carrier, aircraft, and atmosphere are treated as ...With the aid of multi-agent based modeling approach to complex systems, the hierarchy simulation models of carrier-based aircraft catapult launch are developed. Ocean, carrier, aircraft, and atmosphere are treated as aggregation agents, the detailed components like catapult, landing gears, and disturbances are considered as meta-agents, which belong to their aggregation agent. Thus, the model with two layers is formed i.e. the aggregation agent layer and the meta-agent layer. The information communication among all agents is described. The meta-agents within one aggregation agent communicate with each other directly by information sharing, but the meta-agents, which belong to different aggregation agents exchange their information through the aggregation layer first, and then perceive it from the sharing environment, that is the aggregation agent. Thus, not only the hierarchy model is built, but also the environment perceived by each agent is specified. Meanwhile, the problem of balancing the independency of agent and the resource consumption brought by real-time communication within multi-agent system （MAS） is resolved. Each agent involved in carrier-based aircraft catapult launch is depicted, with considering the interaction within disturbed atmospheric environment and multiple motion bodies including carrier, aircraft, and landing gears. The models of reactive agents among them are derived based on tensors, and the perceived messages and inner frameworks of each agent are characterized. Finally, some results of a simulation instance are given. The simulation and modeling of dynamic system based on multi-agent system is of benefit to express physical concepts and logical hierarchy clearly and precisely. The system model can easily draw in kinds of other agents to achieve a precise simulation of more complex system. This modeling technique makes the complex integral dynamic equations of multibodies decompose into parallel operations of single agent, and it is convenient to expand, maintain, and reuse the program codes.展开更多
Aiming at the deficiency of conventional traffic control method, this paper proposes a new method based on multi-agent technology for traffic control. Different from many existing methods, this paper distinguishes tra...Aiming at the deficiency of conventional traffic control method, this paper proposes a new method based on multi-agent technology for traffic control. Different from many existing methods, this paper distinguishes traffic control on the basis of the agent technology from conventional traffic control method. The composition and structure of a multi-agent system （MAS） is first discussed. Then, the step-coordination strategies of intersection-agent, segment-agent, and area-agent are put forward. The advantages of the algorithm are demonstrated by a simulation study.展开更多
PDM (product data management) is one kind of techniques based on software and database, which integrates information and process related to products. But it is not enough to perform the complication of PDM in enterpri...PDM (product data management) is one kind of techniques based on software and database, which integrates information and process related to products. But it is not enough to perform the complication of PDM in enterprises. Then the mechanism to harmonize all kinds of information and process is needed. The paper introduces a novel approach to implement the intelligent monitor of PDM based on MAS (multi agent system). It carries out the management of information and process by MC (monitor center). The paper first puts forward the architecture of the whole system, then defines the structure of MC and its interoperation mode.展开更多
Manufacturing systems are in a dynamically changing e nvironment with uncertainty. Management of complexity, changes and disturbances is one of the key issues of production. The traditional hierarchical control of CIM...Manufacturing systems are in a dynamically changing e nvironment with uncertainty. Management of complexity, changes and disturbances is one of the key issues of production. The traditional hierarchical control of CIM systems limits the agility and the flexibility of the shop floor control sys tems and makes the reconfiguration and maintenance of shop floor control systems need high cost and much time. So new architectures are required to meet these c hallenges for the shop floor control systems. Recent fundamental research in distributed artificial intelligence and related applied research in intelligent manufacturing systems have shown that the Multi -Agent based system is one of the most promising methods. In a multi-agent man ufacturing system, the agents react to the information acquired from environment and communicate with other agents to co-operate to solve the global problem. I n this paper, a framework of reconfigurable shop floor control system based on m ulti-agent is presented. The concept of dynamic and logical manufacturing cell is proposed to organize manufacturing resources to achieve the ability of re configuration in dynamic shop floor environment. The framework is composed of three levels. First, the level of shop floor comp rises order agent, resource management agent, product management agent and t ask agent. Second, the level of dynamical cells consists of production agents an d control agents. Finally, the resource agents, such as AGV agents and machine a gents, belong to the equipment level. The control architecture in the framework is different from hierarchical control. It is hybrids of hierarchical and hetera rchical control architecture. The Contract Net protocol and its bidding mechanism are suitable and efficient t o implement the dynamic and logical manufacturing cells. Based on the Contract N et Model, dynamic negotiation during the process of forming the dynamic and logi cal manufacturing cells is analyzed in the paper. In this paper the dynamic and logical manufacturing cell is the basis of the r econfiguration of multi-agent systems. It is organized in logical way while the traditional cell based on GT (group technology) is organized in physical way. I n the framework, resource agents are organized according to orders coming to sho p floor, and dismissed when the tasks are finished. Dynamically created cells ca n be overlapped in shop floor so that resource agents may belong to more than on e dynamic and logical manufacturing cells at a time. The order-oriented product ion agents and control agents that are created dynamically exist for the dur ation of the task and are destroyed when the task is completed. They have the li fecycle of creation, execution and destruction. Control agents are the coordinat ors and monitors that are responsible for organizing resource agents and monitor ing disturbances, but they are not strict controllers. They may recruit new reso urce agents into cells when disturbances such as machine breakdown appear. In the paper, the software architecture of shop floor control system based on Multi-Agent is also presented. And the distributed object technology based on C ORBA and KQML language are discussed.展开更多
In this paper, rough set theory is introduced into the interface multi-agent system （MAS） for industrial supervisory system. Taking advantages of rough set in data mining, a cooperation model for MAS is built. Rules...In this paper, rough set theory is introduced into the interface multi-agent system （MAS） for industrial supervisory system. Taking advantages of rough set in data mining, a cooperation model for MAS is built. Rules for avoiding cooperation conflict are deduced. An optimization algorithm is used to enhance security and real time attributes of the system. An application based on the proposed algorithm and rules are given.展开更多
Network management has widely adopted multi-agent architecture, and AGIMA is one of the successful prototypes that have developed mobile code facilities and group management functions. Taking consideration on the requ...Network management has widely adopted multi-agent architecture, and AGIMA is one of the successful prototypes that have developed mobile code facilities and group management functions. Taking consideration on the requirements of exchange and sharing of network management information between agents, the network management information described by next generation structure of management information can be represented as knowledge by XML-based resource description framework. These efforts need integration of some newer toolkit software and become foundation for introduction of network management intelligence into agents.展开更多
文摘This thesis introducing XML technology and SOAP technology,present an agent communication framework based on XML and SOAP technique,and analyze the principle,architecture,function and benefit of it. At the end, based on KQML communication primitive languages.
基金Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (2006ZA51004)
文摘With the aid of multi-agent based modeling approach to complex systems, the hierarchy simulation models of carrier-based aircraft catapult launch are developed. Ocean, carrier, aircraft, and atmosphere are treated as aggregation agents, the detailed components like catapult, landing gears, and disturbances are considered as meta-agents, which belong to their aggregation agent. Thus, the model with two layers is formed i.e. the aggregation agent layer and the meta-agent layer. The information communication among all agents is described. The meta-agents within one aggregation agent communicate with each other directly by information sharing, but the meta-agents, which belong to different aggregation agents exchange their information through the aggregation layer first, and then perceive it from the sharing environment, that is the aggregation agent. Thus, not only the hierarchy model is built, but also the environment perceived by each agent is specified. Meanwhile, the problem of balancing the independency of agent and the resource consumption brought by real-time communication within multi-agent system （MAS） is resolved. Each agent involved in carrier-based aircraft catapult launch is depicted, with considering the interaction within disturbed atmospheric environment and multiple motion bodies including carrier, aircraft, and landing gears. The models of reactive agents among them are derived based on tensors, and the perceived messages and inner frameworks of each agent are characterized. Finally, some results of a simulation instance are given. The simulation and modeling of dynamic system based on multi-agent system is of benefit to express physical concepts and logical hierarchy clearly and precisely. The system model can easily draw in kinds of other agents to achieve a precise simulation of more complex system. This modeling technique makes the complex integral dynamic equations of multibodies decompose into parallel operations of single agent, and it is convenient to expand, maintain, and reuse the program codes.
文摘Aiming at the deficiency of conventional traffic control method, this paper proposes a new method based on multi-agent technology for traffic control. Different from many existing methods, this paper distinguishes traffic control on the basis of the agent technology from conventional traffic control method. The composition and structure of a multi-agent system （MAS） is first discussed. Then, the step-coordination strategies of intersection-agent, segment-agent, and area-agent are put forward. The advantages of the algorithm are demonstrated by a simulation study.
文摘PDM (product data management) is one kind of techniques based on software and database, which integrates information and process related to products. But it is not enough to perform the complication of PDM in enterprises. Then the mechanism to harmonize all kinds of information and process is needed. The paper introduces a novel approach to implement the intelligent monitor of PDM based on MAS (multi agent system). It carries out the management of information and process by MC (monitor center). The paper first puts forward the architecture of the whole system, then defines the structure of MC and its interoperation mode.
文摘Manufacturing systems are in a dynamically changing e nvironment with uncertainty. Management of complexity, changes and disturbances is one of the key issues of production. The traditional hierarchical control of CIM systems limits the agility and the flexibility of the shop floor control sys tems and makes the reconfiguration and maintenance of shop floor control systems need high cost and much time. So new architectures are required to meet these c hallenges for the shop floor control systems. Recent fundamental research in distributed artificial intelligence and related applied research in intelligent manufacturing systems have shown that the Multi -Agent based system is one of the most promising methods. In a multi-agent man ufacturing system, the agents react to the information acquired from environment and communicate with other agents to co-operate to solve the global problem. I n this paper, a framework of reconfigurable shop floor control system based on m ulti-agent is presented. The concept of dynamic and logical manufacturing cell is proposed to organize manufacturing resources to achieve the ability of re configuration in dynamic shop floor environment. The framework is composed of three levels. First, the level of shop floor comp rises order agent, resource management agent, product management agent and t ask agent. Second, the level of dynamical cells consists of production agents an d control agents. Finally, the resource agents, such as AGV agents and machine a gents, belong to the equipment level. The control architecture in the framework is different from hierarchical control. It is hybrids of hierarchical and hetera rchical control architecture. The Contract Net protocol and its bidding mechanism are suitable and efficient t o implement the dynamic and logical manufacturing cells. Based on the Contract N et Model, dynamic negotiation during the process of forming the dynamic and logi cal manufacturing cells is analyzed in the paper. In this paper the dynamic and logical manufacturing cell is the basis of the r econfiguration of multi-agent systems. It is organized in logical way while the traditional cell based on GT (group technology) is organized in physical way. I n the framework, resource agents are organized according to orders coming to sho p floor, and dismissed when the tasks are finished. Dynamically created cells ca n be overlapped in shop floor so that resource agents may belong to more than on e dynamic and logical manufacturing cells at a time. The order-oriented product ion agents and control agents that are created dynamically exist for the dur ation of the task and are destroyed when the task is completed. They have the li fecycle of creation, execution and destruction. Control agents are the coordinat ors and monitors that are responsible for organizing resource agents and monitor ing disturbances, but they are not strict controllers. They may recruit new reso urce agents into cells when disturbances such as machine breakdown appear. In the paper, the software architecture of shop floor control system based on Multi-Agent is also presented. And the distributed object technology based on C ORBA and KQML language are discussed.
基金Project supported by Science Foundation of Shanghai MunicipalCommission of Science and Technology (Grant Nos .025111052 ,04JC14038)
文摘In this paper, rough set theory is introduced into the interface multi-agent system （MAS） for industrial supervisory system. Taking advantages of rough set in data mining, a cooperation model for MAS is built. Rules for avoiding cooperation conflict are deduced. An optimization algorithm is used to enhance security and real time attributes of the system. An application based on the proposed algorithm and rules are given.
文摘Network management has widely adopted multi-agent architecture, and AGIMA is one of the successful prototypes that have developed mobile code facilities and group management functions. Taking consideration on the requirements of exchange and sharing of network management information between agents, the network management information described by next generation structure of management information can be represented as knowledge by XML-based resource description framework. These efforts need integration of some newer toolkit software and become foundation for introduction of network management intelligence into agents.
文摘作为构建开放和分布式应用系统的一种主流模式,多 Agent 系统有着广阔的研究前景和应用价值。在统一建模语言(UML)的支持下,面向 Agent 的软件工程研究开始走向成熟。一些面向 Agent 的方法学提供了开发多 A—gent 系统的工具、应用方法或技术。随着 Web 服务技术的发展.XML 成为 Internet 上数据组织和交换的标准。现有研究工作所提出的多 Agent 系统对 XML 文档提供很少的支持。针对上述问题,设计了一个基于 XML 的多 Agent 系统一XMAS。该系统采用带根连通有向图来表示 XML 文档数据模型,并给出相应的文档模式提取算法,XML 文档数据的解析以及时 Web 服务的相关支持。在数据存储过程中的索引优化使得 XMAS 在数据查询上具有良好的性能。
