Organization and Work Systems Design and Engineering: From Simulation to Implementation of Multiagent Systems

Sierhuis, Maarten; Clancey, William J.; Seah, Chin

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“…Unlike in agriculture, work organisation involving plan-based decision-making and resource-limitation problems has received much attention in systems engineering [ 26 , 27 ] and management science in the business, logistics and manufacturing domains [ 28 ]. Research on workflow [ 29 , 30 ] has produced concepts and languages that can be used to describe organisational policies and procedures.…”

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Modelling Management Practices in Viticulture while Considering Resource Limitations: The Dhivine Model

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Many farming-system studies have investigated the design and evaluation of crop-management practices with respect to economic performance and reduction in environmental impacts. In contrast, little research has been devoted to analysing these practices in terms of matching the recurrent context-dependent demand for resources (labour in particular) with those available on the farm. This paper presents Dhivine, a simulation model of operational management of grape production at the vineyard scale. Particular attention focuses on representing a flexible plan, which organises activities temporally, the resources available to the vineyard manager and the process of scheduling and executing the activities. The model relies on a generic production-system ontology used in several agricultural production domains. The types of investigations that the model supports are briefly illustrated. The enhanced realism of the production-management situations simulated makes it possible to examine and understand properties of resource-constrained work-organisation strategies and possibilities for improving them.

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