W04 - Workshop on Industrial Applications of  Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems
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HoloMAS’2000 Workshop Organisers
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Vladimir Marik, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic 
Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic


Preliminary Program
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Friday, September 8, 2000

9.00  9.15      Opening
                Holons and Agents in Manufacturing
                Vladimir Marik, Michal Pechoucek

9.15  9.55      Requirements for Holonic Manufacturing Systems Control
                S.Balasubramanian, R.W.Brennan and D.H. Norrie; Canada

9.55  10.30     A Holonic Component-Based Approach to Reconfigurable Manufacturing Control Architecture
                Jin-Lung Chirn, Duncan C. McFarlane; United Kingdom

10.30  11.00    Coffee Break

11.00  11.30    An Open Architecture for Cooperation and Autonomy
                M.Fletcher(UK), E.Garcia-Herreros(Germany), J.H.Christensen(USA), S.M.Deen(UK), R. Mittmann(Germany)

11.30  12.00    Small-World Topology for Multi-Agent Collaboration
                Carlos Aguirre, Jaime Martínez-Munoz, Ramón Huerta, Fernando Corbacho; Spain

12.00  12.30    Economic based Coordination Mechanisms for Multi-Agent Systems
                Heimo H. Adelsberger; Germany

12.30  14.00    Lunch

14.00  14.30    Coalition Formation in Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing
                Vladimir Marik, Michal Pechoucek, Olga Stepankova; Czech Republic

14.30  15.00    HOMASCOW: a Holonic Multi-Agent System for Co-operative Work
                Emmanuel Adam, Christophe Kolski, René Mandiau; France

15.00  15.30    An Autonomous Cooperative System for High Speed Sorting Systems
                Francisco Maturana, Sivaram Balasubramanian, David A.Vasko; USA

15.30  16.00    Coffee Break

16.00  16.30    Temperature Equilibrium in Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems
                S.Misbah Deen, Martyn Fletcher; United Kingdom

16.30  17.00    Multi-Agent System Based Enterprise  Integration and Enterprise Supply Planning
                Dong Jin; China

17,00  18.00    Moderated Discussion
                Agents and Holons in Industry