The Fabricare scheduling prototype suite: Agent interaction and knowledge base

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-455

  Sousa, Paulo ^a   Ramos, Carlos ^a   Neves, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamic scheduling; Holonic; Incomplete information; Manufacturing; Multi agent; Prototype

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCT PROTOTYPES;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0141988707     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025749208437     Document Type: Article

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