Multi-agent based dynamic scheduling for a flexible assembly system

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2122-2127

  Chen, Yung Yu ^a   Fu, Li Chen ^a   Chen, Yu Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assembly systems; Automatic control; Control systems; Dynamic scheduling; Intelligent robots; Intelligent systems; Laboratories; Protocols; Resource management; Robotics and automation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; CONTROL ENGINEERING; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROBOTICS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED PRODUCTIONS; DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ALLOCATION; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; FLEXIBLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SCHEDULING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031625693     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680634     Document Type: Conference Paper

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