Résumé:
Distributed manufacturing (DM), downsizing, and
outsourcing are becoming increasingly popular.
Processes in manufacturing a product may be
distributed at d@ererat (geographical) sites. A
production plan in such environments consists of
various subplans, team coordination schedules, and
decision making on task-team assignments. We present
a Disnibuted Artzjicial Intelligence @AI) approach
that enables people and computers to work
cooperatively as teams in decision making. Our model
is a set of loosely coupled, autonomous,
communicating problem solver nodes representing a
functional unit such as design, production, testing,
and accounting, that participate in planning, group
problem solving and negotiation. A heuristic algorithm
assigns subplans to sites to optimize costs.
