Coordinating agents in shop floor environments from a dynamic systems perspective

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-280

  Gang, Chen ^b   Zhonghua, Yang ^a,b   Chor, Ping Low ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agent coordination; Dynamic local adjustment; Shop floor manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; METABOLISM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGENT COORDINATION; DYNAMIC LOCAL ADJUSTMENT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SHOP FLOOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751544450     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2006.885190     Document Type: Article

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