An iterative agent bidding mechanism for responsive manufacturing

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1068-1079

  Lim, M K ^a   Zhang, Z ^b   Goh, W T ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi agent system; Planning and production control; Responsive manufacturing; Simulated annealing; System modelling and simulation

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; BIDDING MECHANISM; DEMAND PATTERN; DYNAMIC CHANGES; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; GLOBAL COMPETITION; MACHINING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING BUSINESS; OPTIMISATIONS; PROCESS PLAN; PRODUCT MIX; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; RESOURCE AGENTS; RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING; SYSTEM MODELLING AND SIMULATION; TEST CASE; TOTAL PRODUCTION COST; VIRTUAL CURRENCY;

ANNEALING; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MACHINING; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 70149097567     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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