Intelligent modular design with holonic fuzzy agents  

作　　者：Egon Ostrosi Alain-Jérome Fougères Zai-Fang Zhang Josip Stjepandic 

机构地区：[1]University of Technology of Belfort Montbé1iard,ERCOS/ELLIADD EA4661,University Burgundy-Franche-Comté,90010 Belfort,France [2]School of Engineering,ECAM Rennes,Bruz CS 29128,35091 Rennes,France [3]School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200240,People's Republic of China [4]PROSTEP AG,Dolivostr.11,64293 Darmstadt,Germany

出　　处：《Advances in Manufacturing》2021年第1期81-103,共23页先进制造进展（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51205242);Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan(Grant No.16111106402).

摘　　要：Presently,modular designs use various technologies accompanied by multiple models.Although no integral solution is known,a plethora of approaches is used to resolve this trans disciplinary challenge,often by using local intelligence.However,the effective utilization of multiple models requires proper integration for them to work together as a cohesive system.This requirement calls for the development of intelligent models and tools that can be used for the development of intelligent modular products.Modular design based on these intelligent models and tools is called intelligent modular design.Intelligent modular design requires to be considered both dynamically and holistically by combining customer requirements,product functions,solutions,service specifications,and their fuzziness in order to structure a product into intelligent modules.This paper proposes the use of holonic fuzzy agents to fulfill both the properties of intelligent models and the requirements of intelligent modular design.The set of fuzzy function agents and their corresponding fuzzy solution agents are found from customization of the product-service system in the fuzzy function agent-fuzzy solution agent sub-network.On the basis of attractor agent recognition,the fuzzy function and fuzzy solution agents interact to form the holonic fuzzy module agents.Selfembedding of holonic fuzzy module agents,which is the fundamental property of the holonic structure,is also characterized by vertical and horizontal communication.The flexibility and agility of the software agent make the holonic structure of intelligent modules adaptable.An application illustrates the proposed intelligent modular design.

关 键 词：MODULARITY Modular design Intelligent design Holonic agents Product platform Product variety 

分 类 号：O15[理学—数学]