PROFESSOR JIE ZHANG, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.Professor Zhang achieved her PhD in 1997 from the School of Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China and in 2008-2009 she was Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, USA. She is the author of five books in Chinese and over 100 peer-reviewed journal and transaction full papers in English and Chinese. She holds regular lectures at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in computer integrated manufacturing systems, enterprise resource planning, E-operation management systems for future manufacturing, the foundations for manufacturing design, and manufacturing systems and information technologies. Since 2010 she has been Executive Director of the Production System Council, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society of Manufacturing Engineering.

• Preface xiiiAbout this book xv1 Agent Technology in Modern Manufacturing 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Agent and Multi]Agent System 11.3 Agent Technologies in Manufacturing Systems 71.4 Book Organization 11References 142 The Technical Foundation of a Multi–Agent System 212.1 Introduction 212.2 The Structure of an Agent 212.3 The Structure of a Multi–Agent System 292.4 Modeling Methods of a Multi–gent System 342.5 The Communication and Interaction Model of a Multi–Agent System 372.6 The Communication Protocol for a Multi–Agent System 392.7 The Interaction Protocol for a Multi–Agent System 432.8 Conclusion 50References 503 Multi–Agent–Based Production Planning and Control 553.1 Introduction 553.2 Manufacturing Systems 563.3 Production Planning and Control 613.4 Multi–Agent–Based Push–Pull Production Planning and Control System (MAP4CS) 713.4.1 Mapping Methods 723.5 Conclusion 90References 914 Multi–Agent–Based Production Planning for Distributed Manufacturing Systems 954.1 Introduction 954.2 Production Planning for Distributed Manufacturing Systems 964.3 Multi–Agent-Based Production Planning in Distributed Manufacturing Systems 1064.4 Agents in Multi-Agent Production Planning Systems 1184.5 Contract Net Protocol-Based Production Planning Optimization Method 1234.6 Bid Auction Protocol-Based Production Planning Optimization Method 1334.7 Conclusion 139References 1405 Multi-Agent-Based Production Scheduling for Job Shop Manufacturing Systems 1435.1 Introduction 1435.2 Production Scheduling in Job Shop Manufacturing Systems 1445.3 Multi-Agent Double Feedback–Based Production Scheduling in Job Shop Manufacturing Systems 1535.4 Agents in the Multi-Agent Double Feedback–Based Scheduling System 1585.5 Positive Feedback–Based Production Scheduling in Job Shop Manufacturing Systems 1625.6 Negative Feedback–Based Production Rescheduling in Job Shop Manufacturing Systems 1775.7 Conclusion 188References 1906 Multi-Agent-Based Production Scheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems 1976.1 Introduction 1976.2 Production Scheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems 1986.3 Multi-Agent-Based Hierarchical Adaptive Production Scheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems 2086.4 Agents in a Multi-Agent Hierarchical Adaptive Production Scheduling System 2126.5 Hierarchical Production Scheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems 2186.6 Adaptive Rescheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems 2446.7 Conclusion 253References 2587 Multi-Agent-Based Production Control 2637.1 Introduction 2637.2 Multi-Agent Production Control System 2647.3 Agents in Multi-Agent Production Control Systems 2717.4 Technologies and Methods for Multi-Agent Production Control Systems 2837.5 Conclusion 294References 2958 Multi-Agent-Based Material Data Acquisition 2978.1 Introduction 2978.2 RFID Technology 2978.3 Agent-Based Material Data Acquisition System 3068.4 Agents in Multi-Agent RFID-Based Material Data Acquisition Systems 3128.5 Multi-Agent RFID-Based Material Data Acquisition Systems 3268.6 Conclusion 329References 3329 Multi-Agent-Based Equipment Data Acquisition 3339.1 Introduction 3339.2 Basics of OPC Technology 3349.3 Agent-Based Equipment Data Acquisition System 3409.4 Agents in the Multi-Agent OPC-Based Equipment Data Acquisition System 3479.5 Implementation of a Multi-Agent OPC-Based System 3559.6 Conclusion 361References 36110 The Prototype of a Multi-Agent-Based Production Planning and Control System 36310.1 Introduction 36310.2 Architecture of a Prototype System 36310.3 Agent Packages and Communication in a Prototype System 36610.4 The Manufacturing System Simulation in a Prototype System 37510.5 Software Implementation and Application of a Prototype System 38310.6 Conclusion 399References 399Index 401

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