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The book explores the evolution of modern production systems towards greater flexibility and agility, emphasizing the need for effective control and planning methods. It presents a remodeled Shifting Bottleneck heuristic that incorporates limited buffers and introduces a decentralized multi-agent system for production planning. Key adaptations of the heuristic to fit the agent system are discussed, along with evaluations of its application in real-world production environments, showcasing practical implications and advancements in production efficiency.

Contains everything that a project team needs to know about the development and deployment of Web services with the IBM WebSphere product family. Included will be examples for all development artifacts in a format that can be reused in the reader’s project. It combines the authors’ own practical experiences with consolidated information on the latest product capabilities in a unique approach that allows the book to be easily accessible to a broad spectrum of readers. Finding a balance between a euphoric/optimistic and down-to earth/realistic view on the subject, this book will be an essential part of every Web service developer’s bookshelf.