Multi-agent approach for planning and scheduling of integrated steel processes

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2002, Pages 427-432

  Gao, Huimin ^a,b   Zeng, Jianchao ^b   Sun, Guoji ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN HEAVY MACHINERY INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

A teams; Integrated steel production; Multi agent system; Planning and scheduling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INTEGRATED STEEL PRODUCTION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036971705     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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