Agent-based dynamic integrated process planning and scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1373-1389

  Nejad, Hossein Tehrani Nik ^a   Sugimura, Nobuhiro ^b   Iwamura, Koji ^b  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

flexible manufacturing system; integrated process planning and scheduling; mathematical programming; multi agent system; real time scheduling

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PLANS; COORDINATION AGENTS; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; EXECUTION PHASE; INTEGRATED PROCESS PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; JOB AGENTS; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; MANUFACTURING PLANNING; MANUFACTURING RESOURCE; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; PLANNING PHASE; PROCESS PLAN; REAL TIME SCHEDULING; RESOURCE UTILISATION; ROBOT INTERFACE; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; TIME SPAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650612970     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.518741     Document Type: Article

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