Leitão, PauloRestivo, FranciscoPutnik, Goran2010-01-242010-01-242001Leitão, Paulo; Restivo, Francisco; Putnik, Goran (2001). A multi-agent based cell controller. In 8th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation. Antibes, France. p.463-470http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1425Indexado ISIThis paper discusses the opportunity to use multiagents technology in automation and distributed manufacturing systems and the expected improvements. To support the discussion, it is described a manufacturing cell control application developed using the multi-agent technology, and the results are compared with other control application developed in the past by some of the authors, using a traditional approach, for the same flexible manufacturing cell.engHolonic manufacturing controlIntelligent manufacturing controlFlexible manufacturing systemsMulti-agent systemsconference paper