This paper presents some models and concepts for developing smart power grid control systems based on holonic concepts and the open standards IEC 61850, IEC 61499. Along with the proposed holonic models for different levels of control, we present a simple fault protection application illustrating how the IEC 61499 artifacts can be used for modeling and implementation of IEC 61850 compliant appl...

1. Introduction The automotive industry is one of the most automated manufacturing industries worldwide nevertheless there is still a lot of potential for further improvements. On the given example of an existing production plant at DaimlerChrysler AG a new holonic concept has been developed by HMS partners breaking up rigid transfer line structures and introducing new concepts of flexible reso...

Volatile markets with strongly fluctuating customer demand and uncertainties in the global supply chain challenge manufacturing companies increasing complexity. A flexible, reconfigurable production system like concept of Modular Production by Kern is one way to meet these challenges at same time produce more efficiently. Such plants can quickly adapt new demands, but also come challenging requ...

in previous papers authors have considered agents as inertia-less self driven particles and designed a flocking algorithm. application of this algorithm to agents with considerable inertial characteristics needs a behavioural controller. the controller uses the local information and helps every agent to imitate the desired behaviour as a member of the flocking frame which covers the main issue ...

This paper presents our work on a simulator for testing and validating holonic control solutions for manufacturing systems. The IEC 61499 specifications were chosen for modeling and visualization of the manufacturing equipments, the simulator providing thus a good integration with high level control solutions developed upon the same specifications. Key-Words: holonic, manufacturing systems, sim...

With the growing usage of the world-wide information technology networks, agent technologies and multiagent systems are attracting more and more attention, as they perform well in environments that are not necessarily well-structured and benevolent. Looking at the problem solving capacity of multiagent systems, emergent system behaviour is one of the most interesting phenomena. But there is mor...

One of the key design issues for distributed systems is to find proper planning and coordination mechanisms when knowledge and decision capabilities are spread along the system. This contribution refers holonic manufacturing execution systems and highlights the way a proper modeling method – Petri nets – makes evident certain problems that can appear when agents have to simultaneously treat mor...