DocumentCode :
1836392
Title :
The prospects for morphological manufacturing communities examining the potential of production systems
Author :
Searle, Richard
Author_Institution :
PERA Ltd., UK
fYear :
2005
fDate :
38482
Firstpage :
35
Lastpage :
49
Abstract :
This paper presents a futuristic view of the contemporary techno-economic environment faced by local, trans-national and global manufacturers and their associated supply and demand networks. Theoretical constructs in evolutionary biology are used as a basis for the comprehension of the global economic context and these ontological ideas are subsequently applied to the contemporary and emergent techno-economic paradigms. The role of autonomous production systems in the realisation of a complex-adaptive economic context is discussed and generic recommendations for future research and development in autonomous agent technologies are proposed for the benefit of manufacturing system designers and technologists. The paper is intended as a "thought stimulus" and a basis for development of integrative innovations in agent-based applications.
Keywords :
manufacturing systems; multi-agent systems; production engineering computing; supply and demand; autonomous agent technologies; autonomous production systems; complex-adaptive economic context; evolutionary biology; global economic context; global manufacturers; manufacturing system; morphological manufacturing communities; ontological ideas; supply and demand networks; techno-economic environment;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Agents in Control, 2005. The IEE Seminar on (Ref. No. 2005/10986)
ISSN :
0537-9989
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-496-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1049/ic:20050181
Filename :
1499803
Link To Document :
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