IMAGE (Integrated Tools for Computer Supported Manufacturing in the Global Economy) is a project supported by FCT that started in October/2000 with the duration of 3 years. The goal of IMAGE is to build Multi-Agent Systems for dealing with the new trends of Manufacturing. Concepts like Virtual Enterprises and Electronic Commerce are present in IMAGE, thus extending the distributed manufacturing paradigm from the shop-floor level to the entire enterprise and society.
Carlos Ramos is the project leader and the total budget is € 40000.