A knowledge intensive multi-agent system for cooperative/collaborative assembly modeling and process planning

Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-122

  Zha, Xuan F ^a   Lim, Samuel Y E ^b   Lu, Wen F ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

And ai protocol; Assembly modeling; Assembly planning; Collaborative design; Expert petri net; Multi agent system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013579568     PISSN: 10920617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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