Implementation of a holonic control system in a flexible manufacturing system

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

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-709

  Leitão, Paulo ^a   Restivo, Francisco J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Institute for Development and Innovation in Technology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Holonic manufacturing; Intelligent manufacturing control systems; Multiagent systems; Reconfigurable automation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SECURITY OF DATA;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; HOLONIC MANUFACTURING; INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE AUTOMATION; VOLATILE ENVIRONMENTS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 50649086845     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2008.923881     Document Type: Article

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