Development of an intelligent agent system for collaborative mold production with RFID technology

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-56

  Trappey, Amy J C ^a   Lu, Tung Hung ^a,b   Fu, Li Dien ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative process management; Intelligent agent; RFID

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; MOLDS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

COLLABORATION PARTNERS; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS MANAGEMENT; CONTROL AND MONITORING; DECISION MODELS; INTELLIGENT AGENT SYSTEMS; MOLD MANUFACTURING; MOLD PRODUCTIONS; MULTI-AGENTS; OUTSOURCING PARTNERS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; REMOTE COLLABORATIONS; RFID; RFID TECHNOLOGIES; TASK SELECTIONS; TIME TRACKING; VENDOR SELECTIONS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 56049105650     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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