Self-organizing logistics systems

Annual Reviews in Control

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Bartholdi III, John J ^a   Eisenstein, Donald D ^b   Lim, Yun Fong ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Agile manufacturing; Dynamic systems; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; AGILE MANUFACTURING; ASSEMBLY LINE; LOGISTICS SYSTEM; SOCIAL INSECTS; SOFTWARE CONTROL;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 78649939912     PISSN: 13675788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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