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A New Approach for the Validation of Conceptual Holonic Constructions

Publicated to: IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems. 43 (2): 318-331 - 2013-03-01 43(2), DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2012.2199303

Authors:

Andrade, J; Ares, J; García, R; Martínez, MA; Pazos, J; Rodríguez, S; Suárez, S
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Tech Univ Madrid - Author
UDIMA Madrid Open Univ - Author
Univ A Coruna - Author
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Abstract

The concepts of holon and holarchy were first applied in the manufacturing world to develop Holonic Manufacturing Systems. Since then, they have been used in many fields and have proved to be applicable concepts for developing applications in any business area. Resulting applications are based on conceptual holonic constructions. Like any model, a holarchy needs to be validated under real circumstances. Such validation assures the quality of the holarchy before it is implemented. In general, validation research tends to target: 1) the specific types of holons handled in each proposal and/or the selected development paradigms; and 2) algorithm performance rather than architecture quality. This paper proposes and evaluates a methodology that focuses on the quality of the architecture. This methodology is able to validate any holonic architecture built to meet trade requirements. Moreover, this is a general-purpose methodology. Therefore, the methodology would be valid for any domain and would not be invalidated by holon types and/or implementation paradigms emerging, changing or falling into disuse. For this purpose, we consider holonic architectures as conceptual models, using the pure holon and holarchy concepts and passing up not only any specific implementation paradigm but also any set of specific holon types.
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Keywords

ArchitectureAutomated manufacturing systemsConflictDesignDiscrepancyHolarchyImplementationInconsistencyMethodological frameworkModelValidation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2013, it was in position 15/59, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Automation & Control Systems.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 3
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 19 (PlumX).

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  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/15301/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 501
  • Downloads: 591
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Awards linked to the item

This is to thank J. Lage and La Caixa, for providing all the information regarding IMLPS and for funding project P021005-056, S. Garcia, for acting as intermediary among the three universities and La Caixa, and R. Elliott (CETTICO: Center of Computing and Communications Technology Transfer), for her help in translating this paper.
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