A benchmarking service for the manufacturing control research community
This paper presents the development-by the IMS Network of Excellence (cf. http://www. ims-noe.org)-of a web-based benchmarking service for manufacturing control systems. The paper first discusses the rationale behind this development. Next, the architecture and usage of the benchmarking service is presented and illustrated. Finally, the paper addresses the current status of the benchmarking service.
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