Benchmarking and robust multi-agent-based production planning and control

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Frey, Daniel ^a   Nimis, Jens ^a   Wörn, Heinz ^a   Lockemann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Modelling; Production planning; Reliability and multi agent approach; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

TURBULENT PRODUCTION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0141458080     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(03)00075-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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