This document surveys existing research in emergent concepts and technologies supporting
the establishment of what are expected to be future automation systems. Multiagent systems …

With the advent of the Internet and the progressive development and consolidation of a wide
range of web standards and technologies as well as the advances in distributed artificial …

A large portfolio of modeling tools and theories, developed in different disciplines, have a
good applicability potential in collaborative networks. A brief survey of those promising …

Featured Application A proposed smart manufacturing system has the ability to adapt to
manufacturing changes. Abstract The complexity and dynamic of the manufacturing …

Holonic assembly systems require intelligent and distributed IT support. Traditionally this
has been achieved through the use of multiagent systems (MAS). Recently a significant …

Collaborative networked environments emerged with the spread of the internet, contributing
to overcome past communication barriers, and identifying interoperability as an essential …

Manufacturing systems need to meet Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) guidelines to deal with uncertainty in
scenarios of turbulent demand for products. The engineering concepts to define the service's …

Traditional manufacturing systems implement paradigms to insert more flexibility and
reconfigurability in their control structure. However, these concepts deliver flexibility from …

To withstand future socio-economic challenges new approaches to industrial control have
emerged. These methodologies require however the underlying systems to be fully …

This article introduces new principles for improving upon the design and implementation of
agile manufacturing and assembly systems. It focuses particularly on challenges that arise …