AI-Supported Decision Making in Multi-Agent Production Systems Using the Example of the Oil and Gas Industry
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Abstract
This study focuses on the development of a decision support system for complex production systems. As a promising approach to resource allocation challenges, the application of AI tools, particularly the multi-agent approach, is proposed. It is hypothesized that a decision support system based on multi-agent systems (MASs), grounded in an invariant ontology and utilizing game-theoretic tools, will enhance the effectiveness of managerial decisions by accounting for the inherent multi-agent nature of complex production systems, manifested in diverse objective functions and intricate interaction structures. The work identifies key features of intelligent agent interactions in multi-agent systems. Drawing on interaction types relevant to complex production systems and the selected MAS implementation architecture, an ontological model of multi-agent interactions and an ontological model for managing complex production systems are designed. The proposed models are tested using data from an oil and gas enterprise, and a formalization of utility functions for its agents is provided using game-theoretic tools. The resulting ontological model of multi-agent interactions in complex production systems is practical and easy to implement. It enables the design of MASs for diverse complex production systems, as demonstrated through a resource management case study in the oil and gas industry. Future study will refine the ontological model via industry-specific validation and expand the mathematical and computational tools for model implementation.
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OpenAlex topics: Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization · Business Process Modeling and Analysis · Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
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Affiliations
Laboratory of Digital Modeling of Industrial Systems, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Funding
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
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