Agent-based design framework for riser and gating system design for sound casting.

A multi-agent control framework is proposed that is capable of designing a rising and gating system for a three-dimensional computer-aided design model of a casting. The proposed framework uses autonomous and self-communicating agents to interact with the environment and to extract knowledge from it. Agents are capable of taking the optimal decision related to the various facets of casting design. Information on the computer-aided design model of casting is fed into the system through which a casting agent is generated. Other agents like a riser agent, an ingate agent, a runner agent and a sprue agent are the offshoots emanated from the casting agent. They interact with each other to share detailed information related to the riser and gating system design. The proposed multi-agent framework focuses on autonomous real-time analysis required to generate geometric shapes without much involvement of the user. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]