Agent-based manufacturing and control systems new agile manufacturing solutions for achieving peak performance

• Main Author: Paolucci, Massimo 1961- (Author)
• Other Authors: Sacile, Roberto
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. CRC Press 2005
• Subjects: Computer integrated manufacturing systems; Manufacturing processes > Automation; Expert systems (Computer science); Production control > Data processing
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• Physical Description: xviii, 269 pages illustration 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 1574443364

Agent-Based Manufacturing and Control Systems: New Agile Manufacturing Solutions for Achieving Peak Performance offers a survey of both the literature and the practical applications of this technology. Using a realistic example of a fictitious firm throughout, the book indicates when agent-based systems are appropriate, enumerates techniques to decompose a problem into entities that can be modeled as agents, provides a step-by-step guide to implementation, and offers hints for using simulation to design the system. The authors pay particular attention to object-oriented techniques and to the selection of appropriate tools and inter-agent communication standards, with specific reference to JADE middleware and FIPA framework.