Agent-based modeling and mapping of a manufacturing system

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 518-523

  Wang, S L ^a   Xia, H ^a   Liu, F ^a   Tao, G B ^a   Zhang, Z ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent; Agile manufacturing; Heterogeneous agent architecture

Indexed keywords

MOBILE AGENTS; RESOURCE AGENTS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037063837     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00624-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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