Revival of MAS Technologies in Industry
| Result of project: | Cluster 4.0 – Methodology of System Integration |
| ID project: | EF16_026/0008432 |
| Authors: | Petr Kadera, Václav Jirkovský & Vladimír Mařík |
| Published in: | Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XLVIII pp 131–144, First Online: 18 May 2021 |
| Link: | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-63519-3_6 |
| DOI: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-63519-3_6 |
Abstract:
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) were proposed in the mid-1980s to provide a means for control of complex distributed systems. Although the topic received significant attention from the research community, which resulted in many methodologies and theoretical concepts, industrial practitioners’ adoption remained low. A wave of innovations referred to as Industry 4.0 brought new technologies focused on easier integration of heterogeneous systems. Semantic technologies were recognized as a suitable tool for the axiomatic information modelling of production systems, and the OPC-UA communication standard brought a means of secure communication and principles of object-oriented information modelling to the layer of process control. In this paper, a new MAS Platform – Cluster 4.0 Integration Platform is introduced. It utilizes (1) semantics to explicitly describe products, production, and resources for their easier integration and exploitation and (2) OPC-UA to connect software agents to physical machines.
This project has received funding from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, program Operational Programme Research, Development and Education under agreement No. EF16_026/0008432.
