Manufacturing planner agents in network enterprises

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 315-327

  Imberti, Lanfranco ^a   Tolio, Tullio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based manufacturing; Alternative process plans; Integrated manufacturing systems; Network enterprise; Performance evaluation; Process planning; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AGENT-BASED MANUFACTURING; ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PLANS; INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; NETWORK ENTERPRISE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROCESS PLANNING; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 1542475379     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijatm.2003.003810     Document Type: Article

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