1. Guest editorial (Special Issue on Distributed Manufacturing Systems)

   • Mohamed Kamel
   • Mohammad Jamshidi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 235

2. MetaMorph II: an agent-based architecture for distributed intelligent design and manufacturing

   • Weiming Shen
   • Francisco Maturana
   • Douglas H. Norrie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 251

3. Distributed planning and control systems for the virtual enterprise: organizational requirements and development life-cycle

   • Anto´nio Lucas Soares
   • Ame´rico Lopes Azevedo
   • Jorge Pinho de Sousa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 270

4. Automated contracting in distributed manufacturing among independent companies

   • Tuomas W. Sandholm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 283

5. Inheritance and polymorphism in real-time monitoring and control systems

   • Allen K. C. Lee
   • W. H. Ip
   • K. L. Yung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 294

6. Assembly line balancing using genetic algorithms

   • I. Sabuncuoglu
   • E. Erel
   • M. Tanyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 310

7. Intelligent setup planning in manufacturing by neural networks based approach

   • X. G. Ming
   • K. L. Mak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 333