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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Agent-Based Synthesis of Distributed Controllers for Discrete Manufacturing Systems

  AUTHORS: Ernesto López-Mellado

  KEYWORDS: Agent-Based Software Design, Distributed Knowledge Based Controllers, Discrete Manufacturing Systems

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol.4 No.3, March 18, 2011

  ABSTRACT: A method for designing real-time distributed controllers of discrete manufacturing systems is presented. The approach held is agent based; the controller strategy is distributed into several interacting agents that operate each one on a part of the manufacturing process; these agents may be distributed into several interconnected processors. The proposed method consists of a modelling methodology and software development framework that provides a generic agent architecture and communication facilities supporting the interaction among agents.