Agent-based control framework for mass customization manufacturing With UHF RFID technology

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-359

  Tu, Mengru ^a,b   Lin, Jia Hong ^c   Chen, Ruey Shun ^d   Chen, Kai Ying ^e   Jwo, Jung Sing ^f  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mass customization manufacturing; Multiagent system; Radio frequency identification (RFID); RFID event processing agent (REA); Smart end point (SEP)

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT MODEL; AGENT-BASED CONTROL; AGILE MANUFACTURING; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CURRENT PRACTICES; CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC PROCESS; END POINTS; GROWING DEMAND; HUMAN INTERVENTION; IMPROVE-A; LOCAL DECISIONS; LOGISTIC CONTROL; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MASS CUSTOMIZATION MANUFACTURING; MULTI-AGENT COORDINATIONS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RFID EVENT PROCESSING AGENT (REA); RFID READERS; SHOP FLOOR; SMART END-POINT (SEP); STRONG GROWTH; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS; UHF RFID; WORK-IN-PROCESS;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; POINT CONTACTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 70349652042     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2009.2029663     Document Type: Article

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