Multi-agent system for balancing mixed-model assembly lines with bi-objective

Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Manufacturing Automation, ICMA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-195

  Liao, Li Man ^a   Huang, Ching Jen ^a   Lin, Ci Syuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Mixed model assembly lines; Scheduling; Software agent; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

AGENT ARCHITECTURES; ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; CYCLE TIME; LINE BALANCING; LINE CYCLES; LOCAL OPTIMAL; MANUFACTURING; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; MULTI-AGENT; MULTIPLE MACHINE; PLANNING AGENTS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PRODUCT VARIANTS; SECOND LEVEL; STANDARDIZED PRODUCTS; TABU LIST; TABU SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; TABU SEARCH;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 79951844318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2010.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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