Agent-based control of manufacturing processes

International Journal of Manufacturing Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-481

  Albadawi, Zahir ^a   Boulet, Benoit ^a   DiRaddo, Robert ^b   Girard, Patrick ^b   Rail, Alexandre ^c   Thomson, Vincent ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Domfer Metal Powders   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptivity; agent; architecture; ball mill grinding; control; diagnostics; error recovery; flexibility; model based control; thermoforming

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449140731     PISSN: 17500591     EISSN: 17500605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMR.2006.012256     Document Type: Article

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