Research on Co-ordination Method for Task Allocation

Abstract

Abstract:In this paper, a coordination method to solve task allocation problems in manufacturing system is proposed. inspired by the ability of the ants to establish the shortest route from their nests to the food source and back, researchers found out that these ants secrete a substance called 'pheromone' and use its trails as a medium for communicating information among each other. The pheromone-based static and dynamic coordination algorithms for task allocation are also presented. Experimental results demonstrate that this method is effective and therefore it can provide a feasible way for dealing with an actual allocation problem of production tasks in manufacturing areas.