Engineering framework for agent-based manufacturing control

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-640

  Martinez Lastra, Jose L ^a   Colombo, Armando W ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b P and T HUB ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Flexible manufacturing; Physical agent visualization; Reconfigurable production

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MECHATRONICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; PHYSICAL AGENT VISUALIZATION; RECONFIGURABLE PRODUCTION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33748205543     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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