An intelligent hierarchical workstation control model for FMS

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3 SPEC, 2003, Pages 134-139

  Keung, K W ^a   Ip, W H ^a   Yuen, D ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing system; Genetic algorithms; Intelligent hierarchical planning and scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

INTELLIGENT HIERARCHICAL PLANNING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037773196     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00194-8     Document Type: Article

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