Manufacturing has faced significant changes during the last years, namely the move from a
local economy towards a global and competitive economy, with markets demanding for …

This paper surveys the literature in the holonic manufacturing systems area in an attempt to
bring together the key issues in the development and applications of holonic systems. A brief …

In industrial production, distributed control is perceived to be a promising approach for
dealing with challenges arising from the increasing dynamical and structural complexity in …

The manufacturing sector as a whole has undergone remarkable changes in terms of scale,
complexity and technology over the past decades and this applies across most modern high …

Agent technology is rapidly emerging as a powerful computing paradigm to cope with the
complexity in dynamic distributed systems, such as traffic control and management systems …

This paper is on the development of an agent-based approach for the dynamic integration of
the process planning and scheduling functions. In consideration of the alternative processes …

Reactive and effective hybrid manufacturing control architectures, combining hierarchy and
heterarchy adapted to the current constraints of the industrial market and its environment …

Traditional manufacturing systems rely upon centralized, hierarchical systems that are not
responsive enough to the increasing demand for mass customization. Decentralized, or …

Due to the large-scale implementation of distributed generation, the power delivery system
is changing gradually from a “vertically” to a “horizontally” controlled and operated structure …

Nowadays, manufacturing organisations face increasing pressures from the frequent
change in product type, continuous demand fluctuation and unexpected change in customer …