MICHAL PECHOUCEK y , ALES RIHA y *, JIRI VOKRINEK y , VLADIMIR MARIK y and VOJTECH PRAZMA z This paper presents work carried out within the`ExPlanTech' project (IST-1999-20171) funded in part by the European Commission's Information Technologies Programme. The mission of the ExPlanTech technology transfer project is to introduce, customize and exploit the multi-agent production planning technology (ProPlanT multi-agent system research prototype) in two speci®c industrial enterprises. An agent-driven service negotiations and decision process, based on usagecentred knowledge about task requirements, substitutes the traditional production planning activity. We introduce a methodology for integration of the projectdriven production planning based on agent-based engineering within the existing enterprise resource planning system. This novel production planning technology will facilitate optimization of resource utilization and supplier chain while meeting the customer demands. This paper describes a FIPA-compliant implementation of the ExPlanTech technology at the LIAZ Pattern Shop manufacturing company. We describe the structure of the agent community, types of agents, implementation of the planning strategy and its incorporation within the real production environment.
A nonradiative Cr2+ → Fe2+ ions energy transfer process in Zn1-xMnxSe:Cr2+,Fe2+ (x = 0.05) single crystal with a Cr2+ to Fe2+ ions concentration ratio about 2.5:1 was investigated under short-pulse (200 ns) ∼1.73 µm excitation by YLF:Er laser. Fe2+ ions lasing in a temperature range from 78 K up to 200 K was achieved and the central oscillation wavelength was observed to increase from 4.1 µm to 4.4 µm, depending on the temperature of the active medium. Moreover, stable Fe2+ ions lasing under a “long” pulse excitation (1 ms, 10 Hz) by a ∼1.71 µm laser diode were demonstrated. The laser generated in a temperature range from 78 K up to 110 K at a central wavelength around ∼4.17 µm. The maximum mean laser output power of 4.1 mW with a slope efficiency of 2.3% with respect to the absorbed power was achieved. These results present a new possibility to develop a simple and compact diode-pumped coherent mid-infrared (4.1–4.3 µm) laser sources.
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