Performance analysis of a multi-agent scheduling and control system under manufacturing disturbances

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-235

  Brennan, Robert W ^a   O, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Multi agent control architectures; Object oriented analysis and design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGES; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FLOW CONTROL; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; MONITORING; SCHEDULING;

FLOOR CONTROL; MANUFACTURING DISTURBANCES; MULTI-AGENT CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML);

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 2542450204     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280410001662501     Document Type: Article

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