Cooperative Self-organization of Agents for Optimization - The Electrical Wiring Example

In aircrafts, densifying electrical systems and oversizing cables in order to respect constraints induce a useless increase in cable weight. This increase leads to additional costs of operation and to an unnecessary pollution during the plane operating life. In this paper we address optimization of harness weight which is a monoobjective problem with manifold and interdependent constraints. To solve this problem, we use a multi-agent approach based on the cooperative self-organization of agents. Performances obtained by the ’Smart Harness Optimizer’ software that we have developed are promising for problems considered by the experts as being very difficult. In this article, we expose the method used to solve this Constraint Optimization Problem. Then we describe the agentification of this problem and the steps of the resolution. Finally we give results on typical cases and analyze them.