AOSE '01 Revised Papers and Invited Contributions from the Second International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II
Is it an Agent, or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents
ECAI '96 Proceedings of the Workshop on Intelligent Agents III, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
The Belief-Desire-Intention Model of Agency
ATAL '98 Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents V, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
Guest Editors' Introduction: Intelligent Control in the Manufacturing Supply Chain
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Radio frequency identification: technologies, applications, and research issues: Research Articles
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
Using radio frequency identification in agent-based control systems for industrial applications
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Production-process modelling based on production-management data: a Petri-net approach
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Agent-based distributed manufacturing control: A state-of-the-art survey
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Recent developments and future trends of industrial Agents
HoloMAS'11 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Industrial applications of holonic and multi-agent systems for manufacturing
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Logistics are a key factor for manufacturing companies in developed countries to better exploit their competitive advantages of proximity to market and flexibility. In order to improve the management of a logistics/distribution center, this paper proposes the use of control methods based on Multi-Agent Systems enhanced with Radio-Frequency Identification. However, the best way to demonstrate the benefits of using these solutions, is to apply them to a real company; but, naturally, this is impractical. In this paper, an experimental platform composed of a 3D simulation combined with a physical miniature model is used to illustrate the proposed control methods. The set-up described here has been assembled in the AUTOLOG laboratory at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. The design of the platform is somewhat generic, allowing adaptation to different distribution problems, but has been inspired on a real local facility. The objective of this system is to provide a test-bench to experiment with multidisciplinary theories, techniques, and algorithms that can be grouped into four areas: automation and robotics, instrumentation and control, production planning, and logistics and distribution.