Resource coordination in supply networks

Author

Valckenaers, P. ; Verstraete, P. ; Van Brussel, H.

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1972

Abstract

This paper proposes out of an existing industrial case study a definition for supply networks and the respective coordination problem. The definition is given in an engineering point of view. A coordination and control mechanism is discussed which corresponds to the definition given. This control mechanism is based on an existing manufacturing control. The PROSA architecture and an ant based coordination mechanism is the basis of the extended manufacturing control mechanism. Scaling the manufacturing control towards a supply network control pointed two additional concepts, reputation and ontology management out needed in order to fulfil the requirements of an supply network control. Reputation is defined and translated into the scope of supply networks.

Keywords

distributed control; optimisation; production control; production engineering computing; PROSA architecture; control mechanism; extended manufacturing control mechanism; manufacturing control; ontology management; reputation management; resource coordination; supply network; supply network control; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing systems; Mechanical engineering; Navigation; Ontologies; Predictive models; Resource management; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8566-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1399982

Filename

1399982