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Agent technology derived from Distributed Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being considered for next generation computer-integrated manufacturing systems, to satisfy new requirements for increased integrability, configurability, adaptability, extendibility, agility, and reliability. This paper reviews our previous research on the application of the agent-based technology to intelligent design and manufacturing and describes the current research project MetaMorph II (an agent-based architecture for distributed intelligent design and manufacturing).
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Shen, W., Maturana, F. & Norrie, D.H. MetaMorph II: an agent-based architecture for distributed intelligent design and manufacturing. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 11, 237–251 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008915208259
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