Inter-agent cooperation and communication for agent-based robust dynamic scheduling in steel production

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Ouelhadj, D ^a   Petrovic, S ^a   Cowling, P I ^b   Meisels, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contract net protocol; Cooperation and coordination; Dynamic scheduling; Multi agent systems; Robust scheduling; Steel production

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING; STRIP MILLS;

CONTRACT NET PROTOCOL; COOPERATION AND COORDINATION; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; ROBUST SCHEDULING; STEEL PRODUCTION;

STEELMAKING;

EID: 13844281795     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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