Distributed Product Development of a Fuel-Injection System Using Multi-Agent

Zuhua Jiang, Shiwei Fu, Burkhard Lege

2006

Abstract

Multi-agent modeling has emerged as a promising discipline for dealing with decision making processes in distributed information system applications. One of these applications is the modeling of distributed design and analysis processes which can link up various designs and simulation processes to form a virtual consortium on a global basis. This paper proposes a multi-agent cooperative framework for the development of a fuel-injection-system including a fuel-injection-system and consisting of more than 90 parts. The meta-model of management agent and actor agent for the development of the fuel-injection-system is presented, and the architecture of the distributed multi-agent system for the development of a fuel-injection-system is discussed. The prototype system and some key agents in the distributed product development are introduced.

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in Harvard Style

Jiang Z., Fu S. and Lege B. (2006). Distributed Product Development of a Fuel-Injection System Using Multi-Agent . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-68-9, pages 45-53. DOI: 10.5220/0001225500450053


in Bibtex Style

@conference{anniip06,
author={Zuhua Jiang and Shiwei Fu and Burkhard Lege},
title={Distributed Product Development of a Fuel-Injection System Using Multi-Agent},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={45-53},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001225500450053},
isbn={978-972-8865-68-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing - Volume 1: ANNIIP, (ICINCO 2006)
TI - Distributed Product Development of a Fuel-Injection System Using Multi-Agent
SN - 978-972-8865-68-9
AU - Jiang Z.
AU - Fu S.
AU - Lege B.
PY - 2006
SP - 45
EP - 53
DO - 10.5220/0001225500450053