Information subsystem congestion analysis of a wide area-networked manufacturing system using mobile agents

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 753-764

  Ahmed, I ^a   Sadiq, M J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Information management; Manufacturing systems; Wide area networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

CONTROL SUBSYSTEMS; INFORMATION SUBSYSTEM; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; NETWORK CONGESTION;

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 24944517510     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380510626178     Document Type: Article

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