Holonic Manufacturing Systems

Issue title: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Guest editors: Douglas H. NorrieGuest Editor and Brian R. GainesGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Valckenaers, P.^{; *} | Van Brussel, H. | Bongaerts, L. | Wyns, J.

Affiliations: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Division PMA, Celestijnenlaan 300B, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: P. Valckenaers

Abstract: This paper surveys the activities and results of the IMS test case entitled “Holonic Manufacturing Systems”. This one-year project covers a wide range of manufacturing systems, encompassing discrete, continuous, and/or batch processing. It puts forward a new paradigm for manufacturing: the holonic manufacturing system. In addition, benchmark results are presented.

DOI: 10.3233/ICA-1997-4304

Journal: Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 191-201, 1997