Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing

1. Front Matter

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2. Invited Talks

   1. The Past, Present, and Future of IEC 61499

      • Alois Zoitl, Thomas Strasser, Ken Hall, Ray Staron, Christoph Sünder, Bernard Favre-Bulle

      Pages 1-14

   2. Can Multi-Agents Wake Us from IC Design Productivity Nightmare?

      • Peter van Staa, Christian Sebeke

      Pages 15-16

3. Motivation

   1. From Intelligent Agents to Intelligent Beings

      • Paul Valckenaers, Hadeli Hadeli, Bart Saint Germain, Paul Verstraete, Jan Van Belle, Hendrik Van Brussel

      Pages 17-26

   2. Multi-agent Reflection in Autonomic Systems

      • Jan Tožička, Michal Pěchouček, Martin Rehák, Magdalena Prokopová

      Pages 27-36

   3. Auctions with Arbitrary Deals

      • Tamás Máhr, Mathijs de Weerdt

      Pages 37-46

4. Architectures and Services

   1. Service Composition in Holonic Multiagent Systems: Model-Driven Choreography and Orchestration

      • Christian Hahn, Klaus Fischer

      Pages 47-58

   2. Flexible Roles in a Holonic Multi-Agent System

      • Emmanuel Adam, Rene Mandiau

      Pages 59-70

   3. Agent-Based Inter-Organizational Workflow Management System

      • Paulo Leitão, João Mendes

      Pages 71-80

   4. Co-operative Co-evolutionary System for Solving Dynamic VRPTW Problems with Crisis Situations

      • Rafał Dreżewski, Łukasz Dronka, Jarosław Koźlak

      Pages 81-92

   5. Anonymity Architecture for Mobile Agent Systems

      • Rafał Leszczyna

      Pages 93-103

   6. SitCom – Development Platform for Multimodal Perceptual Services

      • Pascal Fleury, Jan Cuřín, Jan Kleindienst

      Pages 104-113

5. New Technologies and Techniques

   1. An Ontology-Based Reconfiguration Agent for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems

      • Yazen Al-Safi, Valeriy Vyatkin

      Pages 114-126

   2. Methods to Observe the Clustering of Agents Within a Multi-Agent System

      • Raymond J. Staron, Pavel Tichý, Radek Šindelář, Francisco P. Maturana

      Pages 127-136

   3. Distributed Director Facilitator in a Multiagent Platform for Networked Embedded Controllers

      • Omar J. López Orozco, Jose L. Martinez Lastra

      Pages 137-148

   4. Agent Methods for Network Intrusion Detection and Response

      • Martin Rehák, Michal Pěchouček, David Medvigy, Magda Prokopová, Jan Tožička, Lukáš Foltýn

      Pages 149-160

   5. Detecting Intrusions in Agent System by Means of Exception Handling

      • Eric Platon, Martin Rehák, Nicolas Sabouret, Michal Pěchouček, Shinichi Honiden

      Pages 161-172

   6. Smart Caching Algorithm for Software Agents Based on Re-execution Probability

      • Jarogniew Rykowski

      Pages 173-184

6. Planning and Scheduling

   1. Metaheuristic Agent Teams for Job Shop Scheduling Problems

      • Mehmet E. Aydin

      Pages 185-194

   2. Distributed Production Scheduling Using Federated Agent Architecture

      • Jayeola Femi Opadiji, Toshiya Kaihara

      Pages 195-204

The research of holonic and agent-based systems is developing rapidly, as is the community around this R&D topic. Despite the fact that real-life practical implementations of such systems remain surprisingly rare, the leaders in different branches of industry feel that the holonic and agent-based systems represent the only way to manage and control very complex, highly distributed systems in the future. The relevant R&D gains more and more support from both industry as well as academic sources. Quite naturally, the number of scientific events aimed at the subject field is also growing rapidly. We can see new lines of conferences like INDIN, while we can observe a strong focus of the already well-established conferences, like INCOM or ETFA, being shifted toward holonic and agent-based manufacturing systems. This is a good sign of the increasing recognition and importance of the field. We are convinced of the worth and importance of the continuation of the HoloMAS events, which have served as pioneering melting pots for ideas connected with distributed decision making and control in industry and which have already gained international reputation.

• Internet
• Manufacturing
• Simulation
• agent-based manufacturing
• architecture
• automation
• control systems
• disributed computing
• fault-tolerant production control
• holarchies
• holonic manufacturing systems
• intelligent diagnostics
• intelligent manufacturing control
• organization
• virtual reality

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