PROSIS: An isoarchic structure for HMS control

Patrick Pujo (1) , Nicolas Broissin (1) , Fouzia Ounnar (1)

1 LSIS - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes

This paper presents a holonic and isoarchic approach to the Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) control. This approach is based on a flat holonic form, where each holon is a model for each entity of the FMS, with a unifying level of communication between holons. After description of this model, called PROSIS, the interaction protocol and decision rules are presented. The objective is to increase the FMS productivity and flexibility, particularly on responsiveness aspects. This responsiveness is achieved through decentralized generation of the production tasks. The reactive behaviour of the FMS control is illustrated by the example of a flexible turning cell, upon occurrence of a failure or of an urgent batch order, and the resulting Gantt charts are shown.

Mots clés: Holonic Manufacturing System (HMS); Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS); Shop floor control; Isoarchic control; Autonomous Control Entity (ACE); PROSIS

Domaines: Automatique; Automatique / Robotique

Patrick Pujo, Nicolas Broissin, Fouzia Ounnar. PROSIS: An isoarchic structure for HMS control. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2009, 22 (7), pp.1034-1045. ⟨10.1016/j.engappai.2009.01.011⟩. ⟨hal-01212611⟩