Biological collective systems have been an important source of inspiration for the design of
production systems, due to their intrinsic characteristics. In this sense, several high level …

Purpose This paper introduces a schema for the product assembly feature data in an object-
oriented and module-based format using Unified Modeling Language (UML). To link …

This paper introduces the assembly feature data schema instance modeling to pre-examine
the schema functionality and output-as the preliminary step for data modeling. In order to link …

Discrete-event control systems have the opportunity to resolve significant challenges of
modern society. In particular, these represent a fundamental solution to manage and control …

This paper discusses the design and implementation of a software platform that undergoes
the configuration and control activities that are needed in a modular production station …

The refinement in consumer's requirements and the fast paced development of socio-
technical systems, are promoting, increasingly globalized markets with a high demand for …

In last decades, new manufacturing requirements have introduced new approaches for
distributed control and automation, some of them introducing concepts as self-organization …

A JADE-Based Tool to Assess the Network Dynamics of Mechatronic Multiagent Systems Page
1 Catarina Viegas de Freitas Moura Licenciada em Ciências da Engenharia Electrotécnica e de …