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This paper studies the potentials of learning and benefits of local data processing in a distributed control setting. We deploy a multi-agent system in the context of a discrete-event simulation to model distributed control for a job shop manufacturing system with variable processing times and multi-stage production processes. Within this simulation, we compare queue length estimation as dispatching rule against a variation with learning capability, which processes additional historic data on a machine agent level, showing the potentials of learning and coordination for distributed control in PPC.
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Antons, O., Arlinghaus, J.C. (2021). Learning Distributed Control for Job Shops - A Comparative Simulation Study. In: Borangiu, T., Trentesaux, D., Leitão, P., Cardin, O., Lamouri, S. (eds) Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future. SOHOMA 2020. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 952. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69373-2_13
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