Abstract:The purpose of this paper is the presentation and comparison of control architectures for the modular factory. In the last few years, service-oriented architectures and agent systems evolved to the most suitable technologies for flexible and versatile production systems which cope with challenges resulting from shortened product life cycles and product customization. However, decentralization as a rising concept to reduce complexity in production systems is often ignored. Therefore, this paper introduces servi… Show more
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