HoloMAS 2015 - 7th International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems

Holonic and multi-agent systems provide a novel paradigm for managing, modelling and supporting complex systems. This concept has proved to be successful in number of industrial domains such as manufacturing, real-time control, supply chain management, resource allocation and production planning/scheduling, air traffic.
The conference aims to bring together researchers active in the area of holonic and multi-agent systems together with key engineers and industrial decision makers to share their views and experience in design, development and applying holonic and multi-agent systems for industrial problems.
Technical co-sponsorship of the TC on Distributed Intelligent Systems, IEEE SMC is expected.
SUGGESTED TOPICS (but not limited to):
Theoretical backgrounds behind holonic/agent concepts
Industrial applications of holonic and multi-agent systems (case-studies are specially appreciated) & applications in logistics
Specification of holonic and agent-based architectures and design methodologies
Differences and similarities between the concept of holons and agents
Communication principles and standards
Virtual organisations & holonic factories - reconfigurable factories
Agent-based system integration
Modeling and simulation tools
Reconfiguration tasks, coalition formation, knowledge ontologies
Novel application areas (health-care, environmental protection, government, humanitarian missions)
Visions and future trends of holonic and multi-agent systems
Standardization issues, security issues, industrial and logistic needs
Obstacles and barriers to industrial and logistic deployment