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 …

The emerging paradigm of agent-based computation has revolutionized the building of
intelligent and decentralized systems. The new technologies met well the requirements in all …

The use of electronic equipment and embedded computing technologies in modern complex
transportation systems continues to grow in a highly competitive market, in which product …

Although the concept of holonic manufacturing systems (HMS) has been proposed for over a
decade, several desired properties of HMS such as fault tolerance have not been …

The term “holon” was? rst introduced by Koestler (Koestler, 1967) to c-ture the idea that both
biological and social structures consisted of entities that were part of a larger whole, while …

Tyre manufacturers aiming to remain competitive in complex modern markets must promptly
adjust to the changes within the production environment. With traditional tyre-manufacturing …

Traditional tyre-manufacturing systems are characterised by a slow response during
optimisation of the manufacturing process and insufficient adaptability to system …

Ces deux dernières décennies, les systèmes embarqués ont été introduits dans de
nombreux domaines d'application (transport, industrie, habitat, médical...). Ces systèmes se …

In real-word manufacturing environments, finding the right job sequences and their
associated schedules when resource, precedence, and timing constraints are imposed is a …

The fault diagnosis of modern complex moving systems has become increasingly difficult
and takes center stage for both manufacturers and owners. Due to recent technological …