A network approach to operate agile manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 239-259

  Frayret, Jean Marc ^a   D'Amours, Sophie ^a   Montreuil, Benoit ^a   Cloutier, Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b APG Solutions and Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing systems; Collaborative manufacturing; Complex product assembly; Contingency management; Distributed planning and control; Multi agent systems; Networked manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035546056     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(01)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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