TY - BOOK ID - 107407931 TI - Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing AU - Marík, Vladimír AU - Colombo, Armando W AU - Vyatkin, Valeriy AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2007 SN - 9783540744818 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Office management KW - Production management KW - Programming KW - Information systems KW - Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics KW - Computer. Automation KW - bedrijfseconomie KW - grafische vormgeving KW - informatica KW - bedrijfsadministratie KW - productieorganisatie KW - logistiek KW - KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) KW - informatica management KW - CAD (computer aided design) KW - robots UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107407931 AB - 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. ER -