A Multi-agent Approach Based Integration Methodology for the Realization of Holonic Manufacturing System

The complexity of manufacturing and business environments with the complexity of tasks solved within these environments are growing continuously. In many industrial scenarios, traditional centralized and hierarchical approaches applied to manufacturing control, production management, planning and scheduling, etc. Many control architecture can not satisfy the organization and structure flexibility to suit the control of multi-unit enterprise production activity. A new production control structure and model based on Holonic Manufacturing System (HMS) is presented in this paper. Multi-agent method is used to realize the manufacturing system. Orders definition and the order handling system in the multi-agent system are testified in this study. The manufacturing database and the content of the agent data are also presented. The Multi-agent model for the Holonic Manufacturing System is effective for the control and communication for the production system.