A real-time shop floor control system: an integrated RFID approach

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-349

  Poon, T C ^a   Choy, K L ^a   Lau, H C W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

algorithm; decision support; mobile technology; Radio Frequency Identification; RBR; RFID; Rule Based Reasoning; SFCS; Shop Floor Control System

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950374468     PISSN: 17481252     EISSN: 17481260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2007.013903     Document Type: Article

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