A multi-agent and distributed ruler based approach to production scheduling of agile manufacturing systems

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Wang, Y H ^a,b   Yin, C W ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0142247355     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713804987     Document Type: Article

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