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A Multiagent Systems Perspective on Industry 4.0 Supply Networks

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Industry 4.0 scenarios involve Cyber-Physical-Systems to achieve a higher degree of individualization. Multiagent systems show the main characteristics to reach the goal of increased individualization possibilities by flexible interactions of agents. However, the organizational complexity of individualized manufacturing processes and thus the complexity of current supply networks require the extension of current multiagent system models. Enabling interaction between various multiagent systems representing autonomous actors of a supply network is necessary to cope with the increased complexity. This paper presents ongoing research and adds to the literature by modelling multiagent systems as fractals of a supply network using logistics modelling approaches. We present three examples for applying the multiagent perspective to such Industry 4.0 supply networks.

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    In this paper robots are cyber-physical systems controlled by agent-based software (see the concept of mouth-head-body architectures suggested by Steiner, Mahling & Haugeneder [22]).

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This work has been supported by the project InnOPlan, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi, FKZ 01MD15002).

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Premm, M., Kirn, S. (2015). A Multiagent Systems Perspective on Industry 4.0 Supply Networks. In: Müller, J., Ketter, W., Kaminka, G., Wagner, G., Bulling, N. (eds) Multiagent System Technologies . MATES 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9433. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27343-3_6

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