A CORBA-based agent-driven design for distributed intelligent manufacturing systems

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-465

  Ming, Lei ^a,b   Xiaohong, Yang ^a   Tseng, Mitchell M ^b   Shuzi, Yang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agent based analysis; Autonomous; Cooperation; CORBA; Intelligent manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FACTORY AUTOMATION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS; COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURES (CORBA); DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COMMON OBJECT REFERENCE BROKER ARCHITECTURE (COBRA); COOPERATION; CORBA; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (IMS);

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032183393     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008800717777     Document Type: Article

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