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Agent-Based Manufacturing

Advances in the Holonic Approach

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. S. M. Deen

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Keele, Keele Staffs., UK

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  • Presents key technologies for controlling low-volume high-variety production
  • Applications of agent technology to real-world problems
  • Industry driven research project assures practical relevance of results
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Information Processing (AIP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Starters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • S. M. Deen
      Pages 3-10

    3. From Fractals and Bionics to Holonics

      • A. Tharumarajah
      Pages 11-30

    4. From FMS to HMS

      • Robert W. Brennan, Douglas H. Norrie
      Pages 31-49

  3. Systems Architecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. HMS/FB Architecture and its Implementation

      • James H. Christensen
      Pages 53-87

    3. FIPA Standards and Holonic Manufacturing

      • Vladimír Mařík, Michal Pěchouček, Pavel Vrba, Václav Hrdonka
      Pages 89-119

    4. Towards a formalised HMS model

      • C. A. Johnson
      Pages 121-144

  4. Systems Operation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. An Investigation into a Computational Model for HMS

      • S. M. Deen
      Pages 147-161

    3. An HMS Operational Model

      • Thomas Neligwa, Martyn Fletcher
      Pages 163-191

    4. Holonic Diagnosis for an Automotive Assembly Line

      • D. H. Jarvis, J. H. Jarvis
      Pages 193-206

  5. Application Environments and Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. HMS Development and Implementation Environments

      • Shinsuke Tamura, Toshibumi Seki, Tetsuo Hasegawa
      Pages 209-240

    3. Transport Agents — Specification and Development

      • A. Ritter, A. Braatz, M. Höpf, C. Schaeffer, E. Westkämper
      Pages 241-253

    4. A Holonic Shot-blasting System

      • Tapio Heikkilä, Leila Rannanjärvi, Mikko Sallinen, Mika Rintala
      Pages 255-302

    5. Holonic Manufacturing Control: Rationales, Developments and Open Issues

      • Duncan C. McFarlane, Stefan Bussmann
      Pages 303-326
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Low-volume high-variety products like personalized cars or customized engines will be the key issues for manufacturing in the 21st century. The necessary control technology is based on the concept of holons, which are the units of production and behave as autonomous and cooperative agents, providing flexibility, adaptability, agility, and dynamic reconfigurability. This book presents the latest research results in agent-based manufacturing as carried out by researchers in academia and industry within the international "Holonic Manufacturing Systems" project. As this project was driven by industry, the results presented here are of vital interest not just to researchers in agent technologies or distributed artificial intelligence, but also to engineers and professionals in industry who have to respond to rapid changes and new demands in production.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Keele, Keele Staffs., UK

    S. M. Deen

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