Agent-Based Manufacturing

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

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.

• Agent-Based Technologies
• Distributed Control Systems
• Holonic Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing System
• Transport
• agents
• artificial intelligence
• bionics
• control
• control system
• intelligence
• production
• robot
• units

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

  S. M. Deen

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