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Third International Conference on the Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology
A multi-agent system for enterprise integration
March 23, 1998
This paper presents a real-world application of a multi-agent system to enterprise integration for manufacturing planning and execution. The production management system used by most manufacturers today is comprised of disconnected planning and execution processes, and lacks the support for interoperability needed for enterprise wide integration. This situation often prevents the manufacturer from fully exploring market opportunities in a timely fashion. To address this problem, we propose an agent-based framework for intelligent enterprise integration. A set of agents with specialized expertise can be quickly assembled to help with the gathering of relevant information and knowledge, to cooperate with each other and with other parts of the management system and humans to arrive at timely decisions in dealing with various enterprise scenarios. The proposed multi-agent system, including its architecture and implementation are presented. The work of this system is demonstrated through an example integration scenario involving real management software systems.
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