A multiagent architecture for concurrent design, process planning, routing, and scheduling

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-16

  Balasubramanian, S ^a,b,c   Norrie, D H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d University of Calgary ^*

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Feature based design; Manufacturability; Multiagent systems; Process planning; Routing; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002605876     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X9600400102     Document Type: Article

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