Production Scheduling Research for Workshop Based on Manufacturing Cell

Research on production scheduling for manufacturing cell based workshop is conducted.The scheduling system structure for manufacturing cell based workshop is established by using Multi-Agent technology.The system consists of Management Agent,Task Agent,and Manufacturing Cell Agent.The machining path is determined through the negotiation and communication of each Agent,and the communication between each Agent is achieved by the CORBA technology of OMG.The machining sequence and start time are determined by genetic algorithm(GA).The solution to machine tool failure,urgent task,and such abnormal affairs is proposed.The system can solve the dynamic scheduling problem for workshop based on manufacturing cell,and the best scheduling for task can be achieved.At last,a scheduling example is demonstrated.