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 sour...