Robust Manufacturing Control

<p>This contributed volume collects research papers, presented at the CIRP Sponsored Conference<b> Robust Manufacturing Control: Innovative and Interdisciplinary Approaches for Global Networks</b> (RoMaC 2012, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, June 18th-20th 2012). These research papers present the latest developments and new ideas focusing on robust manufacturing control for global networks.</p><p>Today, Global Production Networks (i.e. the nexus of interconnected material and information flows through which products and services are manufactured, assembled and distributed) are confronted with and expected to adapt to: </p><ul><li>sudden and unpredictable large-scale changes of important parameters which are occurring more and more frequently,</li><li>event propagation in networks with high degree of interconnectivity which leads to unforeseen fluctuations, and</li><li>non-equilibrium states which increasingly characterize daily business. </li></ul><p>These multi-scale changes deeply influence logistic target achievement and call for robust planning and control strategies. Therefore, understanding the cause and effects of multi-scale changes in production networks is of major in