ExPlanTech and ExtraPlant: Multi-agent technology for production planning, simulation and extra-enterprise collaboration

Computer Systems Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 357-367

  Hodík, Jiří ^a   Bečvař, Petr ^b   Pěchouček, Michal ^a   Vokřínek, Jiří ^a   Pospíšil, Jiří ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CertiCon as Applied Research   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Decision making support; ExPlanTech; ExtraPlanT; Multi agent technology; Production planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

EXPLANTECH; EXTRAPLANT; MULTI-AGENT TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 27844449007     PISSN: 02676192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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