Performance Improvement in CPSs over Self-similar System Structures

The present paper presents the further developement of a solution for the performance improvement of distributed cyber-physical systems that approximate complex productive processes, introducing self-similarities in holonic systems. The proposed methodology provides a viable solution for a manufacturing system that integrates robotics, mechatronics and automation systems at different levels. Performance measurements and bottlenecks detection on critical production paths achieve a pervasive control of the effectiveness of associated the system-of-systems by means of a well-defined sequence of specific and minimal corrective actions. This work presents an extension to n-th degree of formulas previously applied to tree structures of the 2nd degree.