Title :
Virtual enterprise: an agent-based approach for decision and control
Author :
Yonghe, Liu ; Biqing, Huang
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Virtual enterprises are now viewed as of the most promising strategy for future manufacturing enterprises. However, decision and control processes within this domain have not received deserved attention till now. Based on agent technology, this paper discusses an architecture for control and decision-making during the dynamic creation and operation of a virtual enterprise. An approach for integrating different business units is presented. Prototype software simulating the design of a new product in a virtual enterprise is developed
Keywords :
computer integrated manufacturing; decision support systems; digital simulation; industrial control; intelligent control; manufacturing data processing; software agents; software prototyping; agent-based approach; business units; control architecture; control processes; decision processes; decision-making architecture; manufacturing enterprises; product design; prototype simulation software; virtual enterprises; Communication system control; Companies; Computer architecture; Decision making; Manufacturing; Plugs; Process control; Software prototyping; Technology management; Virtual enterprises;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.816594
