Integrated supervision and manipulation for heavy-duty engineering vehicle based on MAS

Multi-Agent System (MAS) framework model is proposed for heavy-duty vehicle application design and development. The aim is to combine and supervise all controllable subsystems affecting vehicle dynamic response in a distributed environment whilst maintaining a modular approach to the overall system design. Field bus control network is deployed as agent platform topology. The hierarchical framework has three layers and based on engineering application viewpoint. Top layer includes control agent (CA), service agent (SA) and management agent (MA), middle layer consists of agents from top layer and bottom layer, middle layer has the ability to accomplish specific tasks. Bottom layer includes node agent (NA) defined by physical field devices and modules. Agent data model and task collaboration is presented using comprehensive evaluation method. The methodology is applied for integrated supervision and manipulation framework for the developed engineering vehicle. The proposed methodology has reconfiguration ability in engineering practice.