Control Synthesis for Reconfigurable Distributed Systems with Applications in Manufacturing

Authors:	Jafari Mohsen, Rutgers University, United States Amini Ardavan, Rutgers University, United States Zhao Peng, Rutgers University, United States
Topic:	5.1 Manufacturing Plant Control
Session:	Recovery and Control Adaptation for DES
Keywords:	Reconfigurable control systems – Intelligent agents – Distributed systems – Synthesis – Agent communication – Deadlock – IEC 61499

Abstract

We present a framework for control synthesis of reconfigurable distributed agent systems, where each agent includes its own set of basic functions and local rules. There are also global rules, which govern the interaction and communication between these agents. Agents are logically defined by a control synthesizer, communicator, and executer. The control synthesis is capable of detecting and avoiding single level deadlocks at execution level. We illustrate the concept through an example.