A mobile agent framework to support parallel computing: Application to multi-product planning and scheduling problems

Proceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 335-342

  Belkhelladi, K ^a   Chauvet, P ^a   Schaal, A ^a   Daya, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b IUT de Saïda ^*  (Lebanon)

Author keywords

ETPSP; Evolutionary computing; Mobile agents; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION MODELS; COMBINATORIAL PROBLEM; DIFFERENT SIZES; DYNAMIC MIGRATION; ETPSP; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING; EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS; EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MIGRATION MODEL; MOBILE AGENT FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-PRODUCTS; PARALLEL COMPUTING; PLANNING PROBLEM; POPULATION-BASED ALGORITHM; PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; WINDOW METHODS;

PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SILICATE MINERALS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 77949574721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DeSE.2009.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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