Industrial adoption of agent-based technologies

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-35

  Mařík, Vladimír ^a   McFarlane, Duncan ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED TECHNOLOGIES; MANUFACTURING CONTROL; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES (VE);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; STANDARDS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 14744274382     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2005.11     Document Type: Review

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