A multi-agent architecture for dynamic scheduling of steel hot rolling

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 457-470

  Cowling, Peter I ^a   Ouelhadj, Djamila ^b   Petrovic, Sanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic scheduling; Multi agents; Rescheduling; Schedule repair; Steel production

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; HOT ROLLING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REPAIR; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING; SYSTEM STABILITY;

RESCHEDULING;

IRON AND STEEL PLANTS;

EID: 0141919583     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025701325275     Document Type: Review

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