A framework of concurrent process engineering with agent-based collaborative design strategies and its application on plant layout problem

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2-7, 2000, Pages 1673-1679

  Han, Seung Youp ^a   Kim, Young Soo ^a   Lee, Tai Yong ^a   Yoon, TaeSung ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agent based system; Collaborative design; Concurrent engineering; Decision tracking; Plant layout

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PLANT LAYOUT; USER INTERFACES;

AGENT BASED SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN; COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; DECISION TRACKING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034661355     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0098-1354(00)80018-6     Document Type: Article

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