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MANPro: mobile agent-based negotiation process for distributed intelligent manufacturing
2004
International Journal of Production Research
This paper examines negotiation procedures in an agent-based distributed shop floor control system (SFCS). A distributed SFCS is under a heterogeneous environment, which is controlled through negotiations between autonomous agents. The negotiation-based control can be considered as the core of a distributed control paradigm. An efficient information exchanging mechanism and an information model with reasonable structure are indispensable for effective negotiations. This paper proposes a novel
doi:10.1080/0020754032000123597
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