Holonic and multi-agent systems for manufacturing : Third International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems, HoloMAS 2007, Regensburg, Germany, September 3-5, 2007 : proceedings

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 Front Matter....Pages - The Past, Present, and Future of IEC 61499....Pages 1-14 Can Multi-Agents Wake Us from IC Design Productivity Nightmare?....Pages 15-16 From Intelligent Agents to Intelligent Beings....Pages 17-26 Multi-agent Reflection in Autonomic Systems....Pages 27-36 Auctions with Arbitrary Deals....Pages 37-46 Service Composition in Holonic Multiagent Systems: Model-Driven Choreography and Orchestration....Pages 47-58 Flexible Roles in a Holonic Multi-Agent System....Pages 59-70 Agent-Based Inter-Organizational Workflow Management System....Pages 71-80 Co-operative Co-evolutionary System for Solving Dynamic VRPTW Problems with Crisis Situations....Pages 81-92 Anonymity Architecture for Mobile Agent Systems....Pages 93-103 SitCom – Development Platform for Multimodal Perceptual Services....Pages 104-113 An Ontology-Based Reconfiguration Agent for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems....Pages 114-126 Methods to Observe the Clustering of Agents Within a Multi-Agent System....Pages 127-136 Distributed Director Facilitator in a Multiagent Platform for Networked Embedded Controllers....Pages 137-148 Agent Methods for Network Intrusion Detection and Response....Pages 149-160 Detecting Intrusions in Agent System by Means of Exception Handling....Pages 161-172 Smart Caching Algorithm for Software Agents Based on Re-execution Probability....Pages 173-184 Metaheuristic Agent Teams for Job Shop Scheduling Problems....Pages 185-194 Distributed Production Scheduling Using Federated Agent Architecture....Pages 195-204 A Study on Real-Time Scheduling for Holonic Manufacturing Systems – Simulation for Estimation of Future Status by Individual Holons....Pages 205-214 Adaptive Planning for Supply Chain Networks....Pages 215-224 An Agent Based Modelling Approach for Stochastic Planning Parameters....Pages 225-236 A Holonic Metamodel for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design....Pages 237-246 Using Adaptable Design to Classify Interactions Within a Distributed Control Architecture....Pages 247-256 Application of the Holonic Approach in Distributed Control Systems Designing....Pages 257-268 Design and Implementation of Adaptive Agents for Complex Manufacturing Systems....Pages 269-280 Dynamic Configuration and Management of e-Supply Chains Based on Internet Public Registries Visited by Clusters of Software Agents....Pages 281-292 A Multiagent Control System for Shop Floor Assembly....Pages 293-302 MagentaToolkit: A Set of Multi-agent Tools for Developing Adaptive Real-Time Applications....Pages 303-313 On Practical Implementation of Holonic Control Principles in Baggage Handling Systems Using IEC 61499....Pages 314-325 Zero Downtime Reconfiguration of Distributed Automation Systems: The εCEDAC Approach....Pages 326-337 Holonic Multiagent-Based System for Distributed Control of Semi-industrial Pilot Plants....Pages 338-347 Collision Avoidance Algorithms: Multi-agent Approach....Pages 348-360 Creating Contract Templates for Car Insurance Using Multi-agent Based Text Understanding and Clustering....Pages 361-370 Multi-agent-Based Diagnostics of Automotive Electronic Systems....Pages 371-382 Performance in Industrial Holonic Systems....Pages 383-386 Towards Industrial Strength Business Performance Management....Pages 387-400 Ontology-Based Competence Management for Team Configuration....Pages 401-410 Information Agents Handling Semantic Data as an Extension to Process Monitoring Systems....Pages 411-420 Applications of Virtual Reality in Design and Simulation of Holonic Manufacturing Systems: A Demonstration in Die-Casting Industry....Pages 421-432 Resilience in the Face of Disaster: Accounting for Varying Disaster Magnitudes, Resource Topologies, and (Sub)Population Distributions in the PLAN C Emergency Planning Tool....Pages 433-446 Holonic Simulation of a Design System for Performance Analysis....Pages 447-454 Back Matter....Pages -

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems held in September 2007. The 39 full papers were selected from among 63 submissions. They are organized into topical sections covering theoretical and methodological issues, algorithms and technologies, implementation and validation, applications, and supply chain management.