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The paper summarizes the latest achievements in the area of intelligent agent-based solutions for manufacturing. The main idea of this paper is that many solutions developed in the multi-agent area can be successfully reused for the virtual enterprise purposes. Critical analysis of both the MAS advantages and gaps from the VO point of view is presented.
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Mařík, V., Pěchouček, M. (2004). Agent Technology for Virtual Organizations. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations. PRO-VE 2003. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 134. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35704-1_25
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