Hybrid FMS control architectures based on holonic principles

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-278

  Overmars, Anthony H ^a   Toncich, Dario J ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control Heuristic Embedded System Simulator (CHESS); Digital signal processing; Distributed control; Flexible Numerical Control (FNC); FMS; Heterarchical control; Hierarchical control; Holonics; Real time networks; Servo control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL HEURISTIC EMBEDDED SYSTEM SIMULATOR; FIXED MACHINE CONTROLLER BOUNDARIES; FLEXIBLE NUMERICAL CONTROL; HETERARCHICAL CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HOLONIC PRINCIPLES; HYBRID FMS CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; PART MOVEMENT HOLON; REAL TIME NETWORKS; SERVO CONTROL;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONTROL; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MACHINING; SCHEDULING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030181880     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00403128     Document Type: Article

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