Multi-Agent Based Beam Search for Real-Time Production Scheduling and Control Method, Software and Industrial Application

The Multi-Agent Based Beam Search (MABBS) method systematically integrates four major requirements of manufacturing production - representation capability, solution quality, computation efficiency, and implementation difficulty - within a unified framework to deal with the many challenges of complex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kang, Shu Gang, Choi, Shiu Hong (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Literature Review
  • 3.Research Methodology
  • 4.The Multi-Stage Multi-Level Decision-Making Model
  • 5.Knowledge-Directed opportunistic Search
  • 6. The Multi-Agent Based Beam Search Method
  • 7. Modeling Complex Decision-Making Problems with the MABBS Methods
  • 8.The MABBS Engine
  • 9.Industrial Application of the MABBS Method
  • 10.Summary and Directions for Future Research