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Methods behind
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Published work on agentic AI, manufacturing systems and the connection between evidence, decisions and execution.

Research offers a place to examine the mechanism, the evaluation and the limits.

Explore multi-agent control, policy-governed manufacturing integration and event-centric graph intelligence. Follow the publisher records for the original methods, reported results and publication details.

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Journal-level citation indicators · Metric year: 2025 · Checked 13 September 2026. Select a metric label to view its source.

2025

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

First published online: 6 November 2025

Journal metrics · 2025

Impact Factor7.7

CiteScore18.5

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

AI agent-driven process automation for dynamic production efficiency and intelligent equipment integration

Chung-Yang Chen · Shih-Chang Lin

The MAS-DME framework combines equipment control and resource allocation agents with reinforcement learning. The study examines dynamic manufacturing coordination, adaptive control and scheduling.

DOI: 10.1007/s10845-025-02706-1

READ WITH THIS QUESTION

How are local equipment decisions connected with wider production objectives?

2026

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Published: 17 March 2026

Journal metrics · 2025

Impact Factor3.7

CiteScore6.9

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

An integrated framework featuring policy-governed agentic AI for closed-loop manufacturing control with multi-source sensor–MES–ERP

Shih-Chang Lin · Chung-Yang Chen

The PGAI-CLMC framework integrates sensor, MES and ERP data in a traceable manufacturing workflow. It examines anomaly detection, adaptive monitoring, digital-twin validation and human review using 25,275 manufacturing records.

DOI: 10.1007/s00170-026-17806-2

READ WITH THIS QUESTION

What evidence and policy checks connect a detected event with an authorized response?

2026

Journal of Industrial Information Integration

Volume 53 · September 2026 · Article 101171

Journal metrics · 2025

Impact Factor11.2

CiteScore20.6

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Event-Centric Graph Intelligence for Industrial Information Integration: Early-Warning and Degradation Awareness in Manufacturing

Shih-Chang Lin · Chung-Yang Chen

The K-Event-GNN framework brings heterogeneous manufacturing data into a governed production-event graph. Using 25,275 production records consolidated into 13,926 events, the study examines early-warning forecasting and degradation awareness, while showing the limits of classifying equipment health from isolated events.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jii.2026.101171

READ WITH THIS QUESTION

How does connecting production events change what a model can detect—and what context is still needed before acting on an early warning?

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SETTING

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MECHANISM

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TRANSFER

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