Toward self-reconfiguration of manufacturing systems using automation agents

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-69

  Lepuschitz, Wilfried ^a   Zoitl, Alois ^a   Vallée, Mathieu ^a   Merdan, Munir ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automation agent; Flexible manufacturing; IEC 61499; Low level control (LLC); Ontology; Reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; LEVEL CONTROL; ONTOLOGY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STANDARDS;

AUTOMATION AGENT; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; IEC 61499; LOW LEVEL CONTROL; RECONFIGURATION;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 80051783421     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2059012     Document Type: Article

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