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The paper outlines a discrete-event simulation environment for modeling agent-based manufacturing systems. Exploiting the advantages of a general discrete-event simulation package, in the developed system agent-based features are directly included in the simulation environment providing the possibility to build agent-based models inside the simulation. The paper describes the agent-based functionalities of the system by presenting the communication mechanisms and predefined collaboration protocols. The modeling system implements the heterarchical control concept that is based on the contract net protocol.
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Kádár, B., Pfeiffer, A., Monostori, L. (2005). Building Agent-Based Systems in a Discrete-Event Simulation Environment. In: Pěchouček, M., Petta, P., Varga, L.Z. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV. CEEMAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3690. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11559221_69
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