A methodology for evaluating the manufacturing ability of equipment in virtual enterprises

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-349

  Wang, H H ^a   Zhou, Z D ^a   Chen, Y P ^a   Ong, S K ^b   Nee, A Y C ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equipment agent; Manufacturing ability; Multi agent system; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COSTS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EQUIPMENT AGENT; EQUIPMENT AGENTS; MANUFACTURING ABILITY; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33646913025     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920500064714     Document Type: Article

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