Self-organizing assembly systems

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

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 885-897

  Frei, Regina ^a   Serugendo, Giovanna Di Marzo ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; assembly systems; multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS COMPONENTS; CONTROL LEVEL; EVOLVABLE; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LAYOUT DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; RECONFIGURABILITY; SELF MANAGEMENT; SELF-ORGANIZATION MECHANISMS; SELF-ORGANIZING ASSEMBLY SYSTEM; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM LAYOUT; USER FRIENDLY;

ASSEMBLY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; METADATA; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; RIVETING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054819143     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2098027     Document Type: Article

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