Intelligent multi-agent coordination system for advanced manufacturing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3203, Issue , 1997, Pages 202-212

  Maturana, F ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^b   Norrie, D ^b  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing; Agents; Agile; Cooperation; Coordination

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; AGILE; AGILE MANUFACTURING; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; GLOBAL COMPETITIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING TASKS; MULTI AGENTS; MULTI-AGENT COORDINATIONS; PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS; RAPID RESPONSES; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES;

AGENTS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0004834246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.294432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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