@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2311,
	  title     = {An Agent-Based Scheduling Framework for Flexible Manufacturing Systems},
	  author    = {Iman Badr},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The concept of flexible manufacturing is highly
appealing in gaining a competitive edge in the market by quickly
adapting to the changing customer needs. Scheduling jobs on flexible
manufacturing systems (FMSs) is a challenging task of managing the
available flexibility on the shop floor to react to the dynamics of the
environment in real-time. In this paper, an agent-oriented scheduling
framework that can be integrated with a real or a simulated FMS is
proposed. This framework works in stochastic environments with a
dynamic model of job arrival. It supports a hierarchical cooperative
scheduling that builds on the available flexibility of the shop floor.
Testing the framework on a model of a real FMS showed the
capability of the proposed approach to overcome the drawbacks of
the conventional approaches and maintain a near optimal solution
despite the dynamics of the operational environment.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering},
	  volume    = {2},
	  number    = {4},
	  year      = {2008},
	  pages     = {488 - 494},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2311},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/16},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 16, 2008},
	}