An experimental benchmarking of two multi-agent architectures for production scheduling and control

Computers in Industry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-152

  Cavalieri, Sergio ^a   Garetti, Marco ^a   MacChi, Marco ^a   Taisch, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING;

MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0034298926     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(00)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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