Multi-agent systems in production planning and control: An application to the scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines

Multi-agent systems in production planning and control: An application to the scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines

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Article ID: iaor20012313
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 68
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 29
End Page Number: 42
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
Authors: ,
Keywords: production: JIT
Abstract:

This work deals with production smoothing, one of the keys of success of Just In Time and Lean Production. By levelling the load of the workstations, production smoothing allows a regular material flow, shorter manufacturing lead times, and lower work in process. Different solutions to the mixed-model assembly lines sequencing problem have been proposed in literature. In this paper, a Multi-Agent System is presented, which solves this problem according to the theory of autonomous agents. The experimental results show that this innovative approach has a good performance if compared with the traditional ones.

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