Agent-Based Production Control
An agent-oriented design methodology for production control is found at the intersection of a new software technology, namely software agents, and an application domain, in this case production control. In order to understand the motivation for this parti
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Stefan Bussmann Nicholas R. Jennings Michael Wooldridge
Multiagent SysteIns for Manufacturing Control A Design Methodology With 64 Figures and 66 Tables
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Authors Dr. Stefan Bussmann DaimlerChrysler AG Forschung und Technologie Alt-Moabit 96 a 10559 Berlin, Germany [email protected]
Series Editors Professor Toru Ishida Dept. of Social Informatics Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi Kyoto 606-8501, Japan [email protected]
Professor Nicholas R. Jennings Intelligence, Agents Multimedia Group School of Electronics & Computer Science University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton, S017 lBJ, UK [email protected]
Professor Nicholas R. Jennings Intelligence, Agents Multimedia Group School of Electronics & Computer Science University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton, S017 lBJ, UK [email protected]
Professor Michael Wooldridge Faculty of Science Dept. of Computer Science University of Liverpool Peach Street Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK
Professor Katia Sycara The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave., DH 3315 Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA [email protected]
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2004105606
ACM Computing Classification (1998): 1.2.11, D.2.2, C.2.4 ISBN 978-3-642-05890-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-08872-2
ISBN 978-3-662-08872-2 (eBook)
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Preface
The research described in this book was motivated by the development of the Production 2000+ system which is probably the first full-scale industrial agent-based production system that has been brought into operation. The Production 2000+ control system was developed between 1996 and 1999 by a DaimlerChrysler-led consortium consisting of the DaimlerChrysler Mercedes Car Group, DaimlerChrysler Research and Tech
