A cooperative control model for multiagent-based material handling systems

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-247

  Lau, Henry Y K ^a   Wong, Vicky W K ^b   Ng, Alex K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEUTSCHE BANK AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial Immune System; Distributed control; Multiagent system

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ELECTRIC SHIP EQUIPMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGENT BEHAVIORS; ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL MODELING; CASE STUDIES; CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; CONTROL FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL AGENTS; MATERIAL HANDLING; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENTS; MULTIAGENT SYSTEM;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 53849129937     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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