Autonomy and Coordination in Intelligent Manufacturing: A Recursive Autonomous Agent Framework

arXiv:2611.05828v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Intelligent production requires systems to make decisions and organize work according to production goals and operating conditions. It also requires continuous adjustment through feedback. This paper analyzes intelligence in human production organizations from a complex adaptive systems (CAS) perspective. The analysis identifies two coupled mechanisms: individual autonomy and collective coordination. Individual autonomy enables actors to form local decisions using available information. Collective coordination aligns these decisions with shared goals and joint constraints. Learning and adaptation improve both mechanisms over time. A production-system model formalizes how local decision rules and coordination jointly form system decisions.