Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1996
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-067-2
AGENT-BASED FACTORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1996.800
pages 768-778
Abstract
This paper first discusses the fundamentals of manufacturing system integration, then introduces the vision behind agent-driven modelling, and finally discusses the generic architecture of agent-based factory information systems. An illustrative example of its application is provided, based on a distributed planning and control scheme derived from a commercial implementation by the authors.