4. HoloMAS 2009: Linz, Austria

Introduction and Motivation

• Paulo Leitão:
  Holonic Rationale and Self-organization on Design of Complex Evolvable Systems. 1-12
  
• J. Marco Mendes, Paulo Leitão, Francisco Restivo, Armando W. Colombo:
  Service-Oriented Agents for Collaborative Industrial Automation and Production Systems. 13-24
  
• Ivanka Terzic, Alois Zoitl, Martijn N. Rooker, Thomas Strasser, Pavel Vrba, Vladimír Marík:
  Usability of Multi-agent Based Control Systems in Industrial Automation. 25-36
  

Knowledge-Centered Approaches

• Bernd Hellingrath, Markus Witthaut, Carsten Böhle, Stephan Brügger:
  An Organizational Knowledge Ontology for Automotive Supply Chains. 37-46
  
• Pavel Vrba, Miloslav Radakovic, Marek Obitko, Vladimír Marík:
  Semantic Extension of Agent-Based Control: The Packing Cell Case Study. 47-60
  
• Tatiana Levashova, Kurt Sandkuhl, Nikolay Shilov, Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir Tarassov:
  Product Design Network Self-contextualization: Enterprise Knowledge-Based Approach and Agent-Based Technological Framework. 61-71
  

Selected Theoretical Aspects

• Richard Malek:
  Collaboration of Metaheuristic Algorithms through a Multi-Agent System. 72-81
  
• Kamil Pietak, Adam Wos, Aleksander Byrski, Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki:
  Functional Integrity of Multi-agent Computational System Supported by Component-Based Implementation. 82-91
  
• Fernando Lopes, Augusto Q. Novais, Helder Coelho:
  On the Empirical Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Framework for Automated Negotiation. 92-101
  

MAS Scheduling and Simulation

• Stefano Giordani, Marin Lujak, Francesco Martinelli:
  A Decentralized Scheduling Policy for a Dynamically Reconfigurable Production System. 102-113
  
• Yi Qian, Nobutada Fujii, Toshiya Kaihara:
  A Study on Real-Virtual Interaction Method for Production Scheduling Using Model Plant. 114-123
  
• Nancy Ruiz, Adriana Giret, Vicente J. Botti:
  Using an Agent-Supported Simulation Environment for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. 124-134
  
• Koji Iwamura, Norihisa Mayumi, Yoshitaka Tanimizu, Nobuhiro Sugimura:
  A Study on Real-Time Scheduling for Holonic Manufacturing Systems - Determination of Utility Values Based on Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. 135-144
  

MAS Control

• Emmanuel Adam, Thierry Berger, Yves Sallez, Damien Trentesaux:
  An Open-Control Concept for a Holonic Multiagent System. 145-154
  
• Petr Kadera, Pavel Tichý:
  Plan, Commit, Execute Protocol in Multi-agent Systems. 155-164
  
• Ningxu Cai, Robert W. Brennan:
  Distributed Sensing and Control Architecture for Automotive Factory Automation. 165-174
  
• Dariusz Choinski, Mieczyslaw Metzger, Witold Nocon:
  MAS-Based Cooperative Control for Biotechnological Process-A Case Study. 175-182
  
• Grzegorz Polaków, Mieczyslaw Metzger:
  Design and Implementation of LabVIEW-Based IEC61499 Compliant Device. 183-192
  

Holonic Systems for Manufacturing

• Michal Golacki, Jaroslaw Kozlak, Malgorzata Zabinska:
  Holonic-Based Environment for Solving Transportation Problems. 193-202
  
• Morten Lind, Olivier Roulet-Dubonnet, Per Åge Nyen, Lars Tore Gellein, Terje K. Lien, Amund Skavhaug:
  Holonic Manufacturing Paint Shop. 203-214
  
• Olivier Roulet-Dubonnet, Morten Lind, Lars Tore Gellein, Per Åge Nyen, Terje K. Lien, Amund Skavhaug:
  Development of a Holonic Free-Roaming AGV System for Part Manufacturing. 215-224
  
• Calin Ciufudean, Constantin Filote:
  Safety Discrete Event Models for Holonic Cyclic Manufacturing Systems. 225-233
  
• Jan Van Belle, Bart Saint Germain, Paul Verstraete, Paul Valckenaers, Osman Ali, Hendrik Van Brussel, Dirk Cattrysse:
  A Holonic Chain Conveyor Control System: An Application. 234-243
  

MAS and Holonic Applications

• John K. Debenham, Ante Prodan:
  A Multiagent System for Self-organisation of an 802.11 Mesh Network. 244-253
  
• Milan Rollo, Antonín Komenda:
  Mobility Model for Tactical Networks. 254-265
  
• Mehdi Mekni, Bernard Moulin:
  Holonic Modelling of Large Scale Geographic Environments. 266-275
  
• Calin Ciufudean, Constantin Filote:
  Holonic Models for Traffic Control Systems. 276-284
  
• Athanasios A. Pantelous, Alexandros A. Zimbidis:
  A Multi-Agent System for the Pay-As-You-GO (PAYGO) Social Security Scheme. 285-294
  
• Jirí Hodík, Jirí Vokrínek, Michal Jakob:
  Contract Monitoring in Agent-Based Systems: Case Study. 295-304
  
• Slava Andreev, George Rzevski, Peter Shviekin, Petr Skobelev, Igor Yankov:
  A Multi-agent Scheduler for Rent-a-Car Companies. 305-314
  
• Onur Keskin, Erol Uyar:
  A Framework for Multi Robot Guidance Control. 315-323