AN OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURINGARCHITECTURES

Authors
KADAR B MONOSTORI L SZELKE E
Citation
B. Kadar et al., AN OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURINGARCHITECTURES, Journal of intelligent manufacturing, 9(2), 1998, pp. 173-179
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Artificial Intelligence","Engineering, Manufacturing","Computer Science Artificial Intelligence
Journal title
Journal of intelligent manufacturing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09565515
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
173 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-5515(1998)9:2<173:AOFFDD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Management of complexity, changes and disturbances is one of the key i ssues of production today. Distributed, agent-based structures represe nt viable alternatives to hierarchical systems provided with reactive/ proactive capabilities. In the paper, approaches to distributed manufa cturing architectures are surveyed, and their fundamental features are highlighted, together with the main questions to be answered while de signing new structures. Moreover, an object-oriented simulation framew ork for development and evaluation of multi-agent manufacturing archit ectures is introduced. (C) 1998 Chapman & Hall.