IEC 61499 and the Promise of Holonic Systems

摘要

This paper provides a review of the IEC 61499 standard for industrial automation from the perspective of holonic manufacturing systems. This standard played a central role since the beginnings of the Holonic Manufacturing Systems (HMS) movement, and by many, was considered the enabling approach to realize holonic systems. In this paper, we ask if, after 20 years of research and development, this promise has been realized.