A multi-agent based manufacturing control strategy for responsive manufacturing

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3 SPEC, 2003, Pages 379-384

  Lim, M K ^a   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Manufacturing resources optimisation; Manufacturing systems reconfiguration; Multi agent systems; Process planning and scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MARKETING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SCHEDULING;

RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038449844     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00535-1     Document Type: Article

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