ARCHON: an architecture for multi-agent systems
ARCHON: an architecture for multi-agent systems
Cooperation in industrial multi-agent systems
Cooperation in industrial multi-agent systems
Integrating infrastructures for manufacturing a comparative analysis
ISIP '97 Proceedings of the OE/IFIP/IEEE international conference on Integrated and sustainable industrial production : Re-engineerig for sustainable industrial production: Re-engineerig for sustainable industrial production
Open System Architecture for CIM
Open System Architecture for CIM
Information Based Control Architecture for CIM
Proceedings of the IFIP TC5/WG5.3 Conference on Towards World Class Manufacturing 1993
Federated Information Management Requirements for Virtual Enterprises
PRO-VE '99 Proceedings of the IFIP TC5 WG5.3 / PRODNET Working Conference on Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises: Networking Industrial Enterprises
Flexible and Dynamic Integration of Multiple Information Bases
DEXA '94 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications
The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver
IEEE Transactions on Computers
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This paper presents an implemented framework that deals with the high-level of heterogeneity that a multi-agent scheduling system should tackle when the legacy systems and component-based approaches are considered. Perspectives from different natures of information sources to the scheduling system are taken into account, namely the information that comes from the supply chain and from the internal/heterogeneous planning and shop floor supervision systems. The utilisation of standards for inter-tools communication, information exchange and information modelling ascends in significance within this context. They are seen as a base for an agile and lean reaction of the enterprise both in its normal operation and in the presence of unexpected events. The framework and the system prototype developed called HOLOS comprise what can be called an "interoperation among standards", and they are discussed and illustrated with some examples.