Software agents-enabled systems coalition for integrated manufacturing processes and supply chain management

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-173

  Feng, Shaw C ^a,d   Helaakoski, Heli ^b   Haapasalo, Harri ^c,e   Kipinä, Janne ^c  

^a Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Technical Research Centre of Finland ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Agent architecture; Autonomous agents; Manufacturing planning; Multi agent system; Supply chain management; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGENT ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; INFORMATION FLOW; MANUFACTURING PLANNING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 34248175297     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2007.013183     Document Type: Article

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