This paper surveys the results of a benchmark performed in the framework of IMS test case No 5, entitled.'Holonic Manufacturing Systems: System Components of Autonomous Modules and their Distributed Control. This test case is a one-year project that puts forward a new paradigm for manufacturing-the holonic manufacturing system. The benchmark compares the performance of U prototype holonic control system with both a hierarchicul and a heterarchical counterpart.

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