A distributed multi-agent environment for product design and manufacturing planning

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 625-645

  Sun, J ^a   Zhang, Y F ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CONFLICT RESOLUTION; DESIGN-FOR-MANUFACTURABILITY; MANUFACTURING PLANNING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0035836316     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540010004340     Document Type: Article

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