Application of mobile agents in interoperable STEP-NC compliant manufacturing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18-19, 2006, Pages 4159-4174

  Nassehi, A ^a   Allen, R D ^a   Newman, S T ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing systems; Computer numerical control (CNC); Computer aided manufacturing (CAM); Interoperability; Mobile agent systems; STEP NC

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; MOBILE COMPUTING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC); MOBILE AGENT SYSTEMS; STEP-NC;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746832822     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600786723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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