1. Guest editorial

   • Zbigniew Banaszak
   • Marek B. Zaremba

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 6

2. Modeling and reconfiguring intelligent holonic manufacturing systems with Internet-based mobile agents

   • M. Fletcher
   • R. W. Brennan
   • D. H. Norrie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 23

3. Integration and control of intelligence in distributed manufacturing

   • Marek B. Zaremba
   • Gérard Morel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 42

4. Benchmarking the performance of manufacturing control systems: design principles for a web-based simulated testbed

   • Sergio Cavalieri
   • Marco Macchi
   • Paul Valckenaers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 58

5. From remote maintenance to MAS-based e-maintenance of an industrial process

   • B. Iung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 82

6. Computer-aided prototyping of production flows for a virtual enterprise

   • Zbigniew A. Banaszak
   • BoŻena Skolud
   • Marek B. Zaremba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 106

7. Minimizing cycle time and group scheduling, using Petri nets a study of heuristic methods

   • Ibrahim Kattan
   • Boleslaw Mikolajczak
   • Bassam Alqassar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 121

8. Verification of distributed control systems in intelligent manufacturing

   • Valeriy Vyatkin
   • Hans-Michael Hanisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 136

9. Deadlock avoidance in flexible flow shops with loops

   • Paul Valckenaers
   • Hendrik Van Brussel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 144