A behavior-based approach to scheduling in distributed manufacturing systems

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-249

  Tharumarajah, A ^a   Wells, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030721152     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-1997-4401     Document Type: Article

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