A dynamic control architecture for metamorphic control of advanced manufacturing systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3203, Issue , 1997, Pages 213-223

  Brennan, Robert W ^a   Balasubramanian, Sivaram ^a   Norrie, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control architectures; Integrated manufacturing; Intelligent agents; Intelligent control

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; REAL TIME CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; AGENT-BASED ARCHITECTURES; CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; HYBRID CONTROL ARCHITECTURES; INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; TIME CONTROLS; VIRTUAL CONTROLS;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 52549102349     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.294433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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