Another interpretation of stigmergy for product-driven systems architecture

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2587-2599

  Pannequin, Rémi ^a   Thomas, André ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Manufacturing control; Multi agent systems; Product driven control; Software architecture; Stigmergy

Indexed keywords

AGENT-ORIENTED; BUSINESS DEMANDS; DESIGN PATTERNS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING CONTROL; MATERIAL FLOW; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); STIGMERGY; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84866112767     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-011-0588-3     Document Type: Article

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