A Novel Multi-Agent-Based Collaborative Virtual Manufacturing Environment Integrated with Edge Computing Technique

This paper proposes a multi-agent-based collaborative virtual manufacturing environment (VME) to save energy consumption and improve efficiency in the manufacturing process. In order to achieve the high autonomy of the manufacturing system, a multi-agent system (MAS) is designed to build a collabora...

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Main Authors: Xiaohui Zhang, Shufeng Tang, Xinhua Liu, Reza Malekian, Zhixiong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/14/2815