A FAST method to achieve flexible production programming systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-252

  Garcia, Ma Emilia ^a   Valero, Soledad ^a   Argente, Estefania ^a   Giret, Adriana ^a   Julian, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based tool; Multiagent systems (MAS); Production scheduling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

AGENT-BASED TOOL; FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING TOOL; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 40949101888     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2007.913921     Document Type: Article

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