Application of multi-agent planning to the assignment problem

Computers in Industry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-290

  Kornienko, S ^a   Kornienko, O ^a   Priese, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed optimization; Flexible manufacturing system; Multi agent systems; Petri networks; Process planning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PETRI NETS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISTRIBUTED OPTIMIZATION; JOB MACHINE; MANUFACTURING FLOOR; PROCESS PLANNING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642563580     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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