A multi-agent system framework for manufacturing planning and control

Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 410-415

  Wong, T N ^a   Leung, C W ^a   Tang, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Vocational Education (Chaiwan)   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Manufacturing planning and control; Multi agent systems; Process plan; Production schedule

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

AGENT NEGOTIATIONS; CONTROL AND AUTOMATION; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; HYBRID FRAMEWORKS; INDIVIDUAL AGENTS; MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MULTI-AGENT NEGOTIATION; PROCESS PLAN; PRODUCTION SCHEDULE;

AGENTS;

EID: 52149097937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2008.4592959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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