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使用多代理系统的多站点协调

Multi Site Coordination using a Multi-Agent System

Thibaud Monteiro, Daniel Roy, Didier Anciaux

摘要:

提出了一种多站点系统决策协调的新方法。它是基于这种方法上的多代理的概念和分布式网络的企业的原则。为此目的,每个企业都被定义为自治的,在地方和全球两级同时运作。我们的方法的基本组成部分是所谓的虚拟企业节点(VEN),其中企业网表示为一组层(类似于产品分解结构)。在网络中,每个合作伙伴构成一个VEN,与几个客户和供应商联系。虚拟企业之间的交流保证了决策的自主性,保证了信息流和物流的一致性。只有两个互补的VEN代理是必要的:一个用于外部交互,谈判代理(NA)和一个用于内部决策的规划,规划代理(PA)。如果在网络中出现供应问题,则定义另外两个代理:仅在层级别工作的层协商代理(TNA)和在企业网级别工作的供应链中介代理(SCMA)。这两个代理只有在扰动发生时才有效。否则,VEN单独处理信息流。使用这种新方法,管理企业网变得更加透明,看起来就像管理网络中的一个简单企业。多智能体系统(MAS)的使用允许决策系统的物理分布,并获得具有分散控制的异构组织结构,该结构保证了每个实体的自治性和网络的灵活性。

英文摘要:

A new approach of coordination of decisions in a multi site system is proposed. It is based this approach on a multi-agent concept and on the principle of distributed network of enterprises. For this purpose, each enterprise is defined as autonomous and performs simultaneously at the local and global levels. The basic component of our approach is a so-called Virtual Enterprise Node (VEN), where the enterprise network is represented as a set of tiers (like in a product breakdown structure). Within the network, each partner constitutes a VEN, which is in contact with several customers and suppliers. Exchanges between the VENs ensure the autonomy of decision, and guarantiee the consistency of information and material flows. Only two complementary VEN agents are necessary: one for external interactions, the Negotiator Agent (NA) and one for the planning of internal decisions, the Planner Agent (PA). If supply problems occur in the network, two other agents are defined: the Tier Negotiator Agent (TNA) working at the tier level only and the Supply Chain Mediator Agent (SCMA) working at the level of the enterprise network. These two agents are only active when the perturbation occurs. Otherwise, the VENs process the flow of information alone. With this new approach, managing enterprise network becomes much more transparent and looks like managing a simple enterprise in the network. The use of a Multi-Agent System (MAS) allows physical distribution of the decisional system, and procures a heterarchical organization structure with a decentralized control that guaranties the autonomy of each entity and the flexibility of the network.

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