Combined strength of holons, agents and function blocks in cyber-physical systems. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Lihui; Haghighi, Azadeh
• Is Part Of: Journal of manufacturing systems. Volume 40(2016)Part 2
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Cyber-physical systems -- Holons -- Holarchy -- Agents -- Function blocks; Manufacturing processes -- Periodicals; Production engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Robots, Industrial -- Periodicals; Production, Technique de la -- Informatique -- Périodiques; Robots industriels -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 670.42
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2016.05.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-6125

Abstract

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach to implementing cyber-physical systems (CPS) using the combined strength of holons, agents and function blocks. Within the context, a CPS is represented by a holarchy of multiple holons. Each holon possesses a logical part and a physical part, which mimic the cyber and physical entities of the CPS. During implementation, the two parts of a holon are realised by agents and function blocks for information processing and materials processing, respectively. The objective of this research is to provide a concept map and associate a CPS with holons, agents and function blocks for the ease of system implementation in decentralised or cloud environment.