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The paper analyses the similarities between different categories of manufacturing systems having in common the property of self-organization and a multi-agent architecture. As a novelty, the paper proposes a methodology to aid engineers in the design and control of Fractal Multi-Agent Systems (FMAS) for manufacturing applications. The methodology offers a conceptual framework and a series of steps to follow to find proper mechanisms that will promote elements which, by actively interacting among them, lead to better performance.
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Dobrescu, R., Florea, G. (2013). Unified Framework for Self-organizing Manufacturing Systems Design. In: Borangiu, T., Thomas, A., Trentesaux, D. (eds) Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi Agent Manufacturing and Robotics. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 472. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35852-4_6
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