Wasp nests for self-configurable factories

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 473-480

  Cicirello, V A ^a   Smith, S F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING;

WASP NESTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034834190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/375735.376420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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