Agent based control of production systems

Increasing system complexity and flexibility are two major trends in production systems leading to increasing problematic control architectures and implementation processes. Often discussed solutions for this problem are agent oriented control systems and agent technology enabling a more suitable management of design, implementation, and use complexity. Within this paper best practice reached in this field in the last years are summarized. They will give a short but consistent overview about the current borderline of the applicability of agent oriented control systems in production systems. Within this paper.