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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). [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Distributed processing;
Software packages;
Supply chains;
Production planning;
Infrastructure;
Automation;
Manufacturing execution systems;
Research;
Scheduling;
Software;
Internet;
Collaboration;
Design engineering;
Concurrent engineering;
Intelligent design;
Manufacturing;
Research projects;
Adaptability;
Artificial intelligence;
Design