A multi-agent-based intelligent STEP-NC controller for CNC machine tools

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3887-3907

  Lan, H ^a,b   Liu, R ^a   Zhang, C ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intelligent controller; Multi agent; Process planning; STEP NC

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AGENTS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS PLANNING; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; QUERY PROCESSING; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); STANDARDS; TOOLS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; CAD/CAM; CNC MACHINE TOOLS; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC); COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA INTERFERENCE; DATA MODELLING; FUNCTIONAL AGENTS; HOLONIC; IMPLEMENTATION METHODS; INTELLIGENT COMPUTER; MULTI AGENTS; NUMERICAL CONTROL (NC); OBJECT ORIENTED (OO); PROCESS FLOWS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; STEP-NC; STRUCTURED DATA;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 46149084225     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701213494     Document Type: Article

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