TY - GEN
T1 - On process planning with multiple agents
T2 - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2001
AU - Allen, B.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - For many problems involving the choice of a process plan from among those generated by a process planner with multiple agents, the formulation and calculation of an objective function based on utilities or preferences is unnecessary as well as time-consuming and likely to introduce errors or inaccuracies into the analysis. Instead, the decision can and should be based on cost minimization using price data which is readily available to the firm. This paper focuses on the case of tradeoffs among alternative feasible process plans with different environmental effects.
AB - For many problems involving the choice of a process plan from among those generated by a process planner with multiple agents, the formulation and calculation of an objective function based on utilities or preferences is unnecessary as well as time-consuming and likely to introduce errors or inaccuracies into the analysis. Instead, the decision can and should be based on cost minimization using price data which is readily available to the firm. This paper focuses on the case of tradeoffs among alternative feasible process plans with different environmental effects.
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U2 - 10.1109/ECODIM.2001.992402
DO - 10.1109/ECODIM.2001.992402
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84963682326
T3 - Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
SP - 471
EP - 476
BT - Proceedings - 2nd International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 11 December 2001 through 15 December 2001
ER -