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This paper deals with the approach of application of intelligent software agents to improve information logistics in the area of process planning and production control. Thus, enterprises will be able to fulfil the requirement of flexible, reliable and fault-tolerant manufacturing. Fulfilment of these requirements is a prerequisite for successful participation in modern business alliances like supply chains, temporal logistic networks and virtual enterprises. Thus, agent-based improvements of information logistics enable enterprises to face the challenges of competition successfully. Current research activities focus on the development of agent-based systems for integrated process planning and production control. They led to the “IntaPS” approach, which is presented in this paper.
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Denkena, B., Tönshoff, H.K., Zwick, M., Woelk, PO. (2002). Process Planning and Scheduling with Multiagent Systems. In: Mařík, V., Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services. BASYS 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 101. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35613-6_38
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