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This work contributes to a technology stack that pursues the goal of integrating intelligent entities in a production environment by means of communication technologies based on scalable interfaces supporting semantic modeling. The proposed architecture is realized based on a model-driven interconnection of multi-agent systems with OPC Unified Architecture. The integration of these technologies enables a usage of intelligent mechanisms within modern production sites while ensuring semantic integrity during all communication processes and compliance to essential security standards. The goal of this work is to enable a autonomous, reactive production by means of intelligent communication in autonomous systems. By making use of a model-based representation of intelligent software agents, an integration of cyber-physical systems with products and production units in manufacturing systems can be realized. The integrability of these multi-agent systems with high-level applications in terms of generic vertical interoperability is shown by means of seamless information exchange with an ERP system.
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The authors would like to thank the Cluster of Excellence on “Production Technology for High-Wage Countries” at the RWTH Aachen University for the support during the development process of the presented framework.
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Hoffmann, M., Meisen, T., Jeschke, S. (2017). OPC UA Based ERP Agents: Enabling Scalable Communication Solutions in Heterogeneous Automation Environments. In: Demazeau, Y., Davidsson, P., Bajo, J., Vale, Z. (eds) Advances in Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems: The PAAMS Collection. PAAMS 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10349. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59930-4_10
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