Multi-agent system for dynamic scheduling and control in manufacturing cells

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2128-2133

  Ouelhadj, D ^a   Hanach, C ^b   Bouzouia, B ^a  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES TECHNOLOGIES AVANCÉES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Control systems; Dispatching; Dynamic scheduling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Multiagent systems; Protocols; Prototypes; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; JOB SHOP SCHEDULING; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SCHEDULING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

CELL CONTROL; DISPATCHING; DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; ERROR HANDLING; NEW CONTRACT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; PROTOTYPES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031631403     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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