# EasySched: a multi-agent architecture for the predictive and reactive scheduling of Industry 4.0 production systems based on the available renewable energy

## TL;DR

EasySched is a multi-agent system designed for predictive and reactive scheduling in Industry 4.0, coordinating production and renewable energy systems to optimize manufacturing based on energy availability.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel multi-agent architecture validated through distributed networked embedded systems for sustainable Industry 4.0 production scheduling.

## Key findings

- Successfully adapts production schedules to renewable energy availability
- Validated in distributed networked embedded systems environment
- Effective coordination between production and energy systems

## Abstract

Industry 4.0 is concerned with sustainable development constraints. In this context, we propose a multi-agent architecture, named EasySched, aiming at elaborating predictive and reactive scheduling as the result of a coordination between systems producing goods and systems producing renewable energy. The validation of this architecture is original, and was conducted in a completely and physically distributed way, using networked embedded systems. This validation was done on a series of instances inspired by the literature. The results showed that EasySched succeeds in adapting the production of goods according to the available renewable energy

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1905.12083