TY - GEN
T1 - A holonic systems approach to the formation of manufacturing networks
AU - Jules, Guiovanni
AU - Saadat, Mozafaar
AU - Owliya, Mohammad
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper attempts to model the formation of a manufacturing network based on the holonic manufacturing concept. An industrial case study involving a large network of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) has been carried out to investigate the processes underpinning the network formation and job allocation activities. An algorithm using agent-based (Contract Net Protocol) features has been developed to validate the holonic model with real-life industrial data. The simulation software was calibrated so that the model responds with a lead time value close to that obtained in the real life network by altering the network capacity. The results proved that the software and the model possess a good potential, as a benchmark, for the comparison of optimised and new experimental models of a manufacturing network based on holonic system.
AB - This paper attempts to model the formation of a manufacturing network based on the holonic manufacturing concept. An industrial case study involving a large network of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) has been carried out to investigate the processes underpinning the network formation and job allocation activities. An algorithm using agent-based (Contract Net Protocol) features has been developed to validate the holonic model with real-life industrial data. The simulation software was calibrated so that the model responds with a lead time value close to that obtained in the real life network by altering the network capacity. The results proved that the software and the model possess a good potential, as a benchmark, for the comparison of optimised and new experimental models of a manufacturing network based on holonic system.
KW - Agent-based Systems
KW - Collaborative Network
KW - Contract-Net Protocol
KW - Holonic
KW - Manufacturing Network
KW - Small and Medium Enterprises
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960395854&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/UKRICIS.2010.5898086
DO - 10.1109/UKRICIS.2010.5898086
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960395854
SN - 9781424490233
T3 - 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, CIS 2010
BT - 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, CIS 2010
T2 - 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, CIS 2010
Y2 - 1 September 2010 through 2 September 2010
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