Distributed architecture and negotiation protocol for scheduling in manufacturing systems

Computers in Industry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-113

  Sousa, Paulo ^a   Ramos, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (HMS); INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (IMS);

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032624359     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(98)00112-2     Document Type: Article

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