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Walsh, Simon P. and Nahavandi, Saeid 2004, Applying a reconfigurable multi-agent scheduler to product distribution, in 2004 Second International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems" : proceedings : June 22-24, 2004, Varna, Bulgaria, IEEE Xplore, Piscataway, N.J., pp. 411-416.

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Title Applying a reconfigurable multi-agent scheduler to product distribution
Author(s) Walsh, Simon P.
Nahavandi, Saeid
Conference name International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems" (2nd : 2004 : Varna, Bulgaria)
Conference location Varna, Bulgaria
Conference dates 22-24 June 2004
Title of proceedings 2004 Second International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems" : proceedings : June 22-24, 2004, Varna, Bulgaria
Editor(s) Yager, Ronald
Sgurev, Vassil
Publication date 2004
Start page 411
End page 416
Publisher IEEE Xplore
Place of publication Piscataway, N.J.
Keyword(s) reconfigurable multi-agent systems
warehouse allocation
contract-net
agility
Summary More intelligent scheduling methods are required for manufacturing scheduling due to the move to more agile systems. Multi-agent methods are one such approach. This paper describes the application of a reconfigurable multi-agent scheduler to the problem of allocating orders to warehouses in a distribution supply chain. This multi-agent system was originally developed for allocation of orders to machines in a highly reconfigurable manufacturing system and this work was aimed at investigating the ease of applying this same scheduler to other problems. It was found that this new application was readily achieved because of the modular structure of the scheduler. This paper shows how the application to the new problem was achieved.
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ISBN 0780382781
9780780382787
Language eng
Field of Research 080199 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
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