A multi-agent supply network control framework

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1394-1402

  Saint Germain, Bart ^a   Valckenaers, Paul ^a   Verstraete, Paul ^a   Hadeli, ^a   Van Brussel, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant coordination; Multi agent; Reputation; Supply networks; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE;

COORDINATION MECHANISM; MANUFACTURING CONTROL; SUPPLY NETWORK;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548295118     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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