Future industrial systems can be realized using the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) that
advocate the coexistence of cyber and physical counterparts in a network structure to …

Industrial Agents explains how multi-agent systems improve collaborative networks to offer
dynamic service changes, customization, improved quality and reliability, and flexible …

Cyber-physical systems have encountered a huge success in the past decade in several
scientific communities, and specifically in production topics. The main attraction of the …

Industrial deployment of the Internet Of Things (IOT) provides development of an ideal
platform for decentralized management of warehouses. In this paper, we propose an IOT …

The multi-agent control strategy has been previously shown to improve the flexibility of
complex, dynamic manufacturing systems. One key component of this strategy is the product …

Abstract Objects to change within a manufacturing enterprise can be products, technological
or logistical processes, parts of the manufacturing facilities or a company's organization. For …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of long-term R&D activities of the Rockwell
Automation (RA) company in the field of holonic and agent-based manufacturing control …

Nowadays, industrials are seeking for models and methods that are not only able to provide
efficient overall production performance, but also for reactive systems facing a growing set of …

In order to be prepared for future challenges facing the industrial production domain, Cyber-
Physical Production Systems (CPPS) consisting of intelligent entities which collaborate and …

This article proposes a Plug & Produce and goal-oriented configurable multi-agent system
that admits adding and removing resources to balance the manufacturing capacity without …