Zhang, Jie,  1963 September 21- <br/><br/>
Multi-agent based production planning and control / 
Jie Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 
 - First edition. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Agent Technology in Modern Manufacturing -- The Technical Foundation of a Multi-Agent System -- Multi-Agent-Based Production Planning and Control -- Multi-Agent-Based Production Planning for Distributed Manufacturing Systems -- Multi-Agent-Based Production Scheduling for Job Shop Manufacturing Systems -- Multi-Agent-Based Production Scheduling in Re-Entrant Manufacturing Systems -- Multi-Agent-Based Production Control -- Multi-Agent-Based Material Data Acquisition -- Multi-Agent-Based Equipment Data Acquisition -- The Prototype of a Multi-Agent-Based Production Planning and Control System. 
<br/><br/> At the crossroads of artificial intelligence, manufacturing engineering, operational research and industrial engineering and management, multi-agent based production planning and control is an intelligent and industrially crucial technology with increasing importance. This book provides a complete overview of multi-agent based methods for today's competitive manufacturing environment, including the Job Shop Manufacturing and Re-entrant Manufacturing processes. In addition to the basic control and scheduling systems, the author also highlights advance research in numerical optimization methods and wireless sensor networks and their impact on intelligent production planning and control system operation. -Enables students, researchers and engineers to understand the fundamentals and theories of multi-agent based production planning and control -Written by an author with more than 20 years' experience in studying and formulating a complete theoretical system in production planning technologies -Fully illustrated throughout, the methods for production planning, scheduling and controlling are presented using experiments, numerical simulations and theoretical analysis Comprehensive and concise, Multi-Agent Based Production Planning and Control is aimed at the practicing engineer and graduate student in industrial engineering, operational research, and mechanical engineering. It is also a handy guide for advanced students in artificial intelligence and computer engineering. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118890073 1118890078 9781118890097 1118890094 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017002169 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Production planning.<br/>Production control.<br/>Production control.<br/>Production planning.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS155 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.5