Coordination and control in distributed and agent-based manufacturing systems

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-54

  Frayret, Jean Marc ^a   D'Amours, Sophie ^a   Montreuil, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based manufacturing systems; Control; Coordination; Distributed manufacturing systems; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

AGENT BASED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 2442657911     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280410001658344     Document Type: Review

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