Intelligent Agents based Manufacturing Systems: A formal specification derived from FRABIHO
FRABIHO constitutes a reference protomodel for distributed and intelligent engineering production systems, derived from the synthesis of the models proposed in the frame of the fractal, bionic and holonic intelligent manufacturing systems. FRABIHO formalizing becomes necessary as a previous task to the construction of tools for attending the engineering steps of intelligent systems in all its life cycle (design, implementation, production, redesign). This formalization seeks to describe the elements that will constitute the environment of modelling and simulation of an intelligent production system, conceived from the principles of Fractal, Bionic and Holonic varieties. These varieties have given rise to intelligent systems in the environment of Next Generation of Manufacturing Systems, Agile Company, Extend Company and Virtual Company.
I noted your statement under functional focus with great interest. You mentioned that "identification from the required features (flexibility, agility, adaptability, etc) to the manufacturing systems for operating in certain
markets. These are later deployed by means of some design methodology, giving rise to well known manufacturing models: LEAN, Agile, Flexible, Adaptive, Concurrent, etc.
I would appreciate very much if you would elaborate on the type of design methodology deployed.
Thank you.
K.W. Ng
I noted the statement in the first paragraph of your paper which I have quoted below :
"The proposals of models and protomodels for the
manufacturing systems have come from:
Focus of Bionic inspiration [1-7]. Based on the
identification of organizational structures,
processes and contexts in those that the natural
objects are evolutionarily stable. Later the must
be implemented (as a whole or as a part) into the
organization of manufacturing systems. This
focus has given place to the fractal, bionic and
holonic manufacturing protomodels, Fig. 1,
which have been developed mainly inside the
Next Generation of Advanced Manufacturing
Systems."
I hope you can elaborate what you mean by the statement above. For example, what do you mean by "evolutionary stable" and "later the must implemented". Does Fig.1 represents the "Next Generation of Advanced Manufacturing Systems"?
Thank you.
K.W. Ng
Dear authors,
As today is the last day of the virtual conference,
I hope you will register and upload your presentation.
Please answer all questions raised during the conference also.
Thank you.
Regards
K.W. Ng
Co-Chairman
The methodology we are using is partially based on GERAM framework. We are preparing a research end paper about it.
Thank you very much for rectifying the references.
The sentence "Later the must be implemented (as a whole or as a part) into the organization of manufacturing systems." is incomprehensible. Do you mean "The latter must be implemented (as a whole or as a part) into the organization of manufacturing systems"?
Regards
Ng
Thank you for your participation in this conference. I am the co-chairman for this session and would like to extend my warm welcome to you. I hope you can submit your presentation soon to provide other participants a better understanding of your interesting paper. I have noted that three errors in your references and hopefully these errors can be rectified soon.
Reference 1:
Okino N., Bionic Manufacturing Systems (BMS), Bio-
Model on base systems design, CAM-I, Annual
International Conference, New Orleans (USA), 1980.
Reference 6 should be :
Tharumarajah A., Welles AJ., Nemes L., Comparisons
of bionic, fractal and Holonic manufacturing systems
concepts , International Journal Computer Integrated
Manufacturing, 9 (3) (1996) 217-226.
Reference 7 should be :
Molina A., Sanchez JA., Kusiak A., Handbook of life
cycle engineering: concept, models and technologies, Ed.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, London (UK), 1998.
Thank you.
Regards
K.W.Ng