A Design Process for Holonic Cyber-Physical Systems Using the ARTI and BASE Architectures

Holonic architectures have been discussed for decades, but many remain conceptual—making adoption difficult for teams that need to implement real cyber-physical systems under real constraints.

This chapter proposes a design process that helps bridge that gap. It uses:

ARTI (Activity–Resource–Type–Instance) to structure what the system is and what it does.
BASE (Biography–Attributes–Schedule–Execution) to structure how holons are implemented and operated.

The result is a practical way to move from system goals and constraints to a holonic decomposition that is implementable, testable, and evolvable.

Key takeaways

The barrier is often process, not principles: teams need an implementation-oriented pathway.
ARTI gives stable modeling structure; BASE provides operational scaffolding.
A consistent design process improves reuse and reduces “bespoke architecture” drift.

A Design Process for Holonic Cyber-Physical Systems Using the ARTI and BASE Architectures

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