A new agents-based model for dynamic job allocation in manufacturing shopfloors

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-361

  Owliya, M ^a   Saadat, Mozafar ^b   Anane, Rachid ^c   Goharian, M ^d  

^a MAPNA Turbine Company   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Agent; holon; job allocation; manufacturing; topology

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENT OF; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; COMPETING MODELS; CONTRACT NET PROTOCOLS; COST OF OPERATIONS; DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; HOLON; HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; HYBRID TOPOLOGIES; HYBRID-SWITCHING; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; JOB ALLOCATION; MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS; PRODUCTION PLANT; RING STRUCTURES; SHOPFLOORS; SYSTEM ELEMENTS;

AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; MANUFACTURE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84861720976     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2012.2188435     Document Type: Article

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