Manufacturing the Future, Concepts - Technologies - Visions ISBN 3-86611-198-3 hard cover, 908 pages Edited by: Vedran Kordic, Aleksandar Lazinica and Munir Merdan Publisher: Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / ARS, Austria Publication date: July 2006 Price: 50 Euro incl. package & postage |Download the full text of this book|

About the Book The primarily goal of this book is to cover the state-of-the-art development and future directions in modern manufacturing systems. This interdisciplinary and comprehensive volume, consisting of 30 chapters, covers a survey of trends in distributed manufacturing, modern manufacturing equipment, product design process, rapid prototyping, quality assurance, from technological and organisational point of view and aspects of supply chain management.

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Table of Contents

01Multi-Agent Based Distributed Manufacturing
J. Li, J.Y H. Fuh, Y.F. Zhang and A.Y.C. Nee

02The CoBASA architecture as an answer to shop floor agility
Jose Barata

03Development of Holonic Manufacturing Execution Systems
Fan-Tien Cheng, Chih-Feng Chang and Shang-Lun Wu

04Bio-inspired approach for autonomous routing in FMS
T. Berger, Y. Sallez and C. Tahon

05Modular Machining Line Design and Reconfiguration: Some Optimization Methods
S. Belmokhtar, A.I. Bratcu and A. Dolgui

07Applications of Petri Nets to Human-in-the-Loop Control for Discrete Automation Systems
Jin-Shyan Lee and Pau-Lo Hsu

08Application Similarity Coefficient Method to Cellular Manufacturing
Yong Yin

09Maintenance Management and Modeling in Modern Manufacturing Systems
Mehmet Savsar

10Zadehian Paradigms for Knowledge Extraction in Intelligent Manufacturing
A.M.M. Sharif Ullah and Khalifa H. Harib

11PURE: A Fuzzy Model for Product Upgradability and Reusability Evaluation for Remanufacture
Ke Xing, Kazem Abhary and Lee Luong

12Distributed Architecture for Intelligent Robotic Assembly Part I: Design and Multimodal Learning
Ismael Lopez-Juarez and Reyes Rios-Cabrera

13Distributed Architecture for Intelligent Robotic Assembly Part II: Design of the Task Planner
Jorge Corona-Castuera and Ismael Lopez-Juarez

14Distributed Architecture for Intelligent Robotic Assembly Part III: Design of the Invariant Object Recognition System
Mario Pena-Cabrera and Ismael Lopez-Juarez

15Assembly Sequence Planning using Neural Network Approach
Cem Sinanoglu and Huseyin Riza Borklu

16Evolutionary Optimisation of Mechanical Structures or Systems
Marcelin Jean-Luc

17Improving Machining Accuracy Using Smart Materials
Maki K. Rashid

18Concurrent Process Tolerancing Based on Manufacturing Cost and Quality Loss
M. F. Huang and Y. R. Zhong

19Optimize Variant Product Design Based on Component Interaction Graph
Elim Liu and Shih-Wen Hsiao

20Applying a Hybrid Data Mining Approach in Machining Operation for Surface Quality Assurance
Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Yongjin Kwon and Ryan B. Wicker

21Sequential Design of Optimum Sized and Geometric Tolerances
M. F. Huang and Y. R. Zhong

22A New Rapid Tooling Process
Xiaoping Jiang and Chao Zhang

23SCM Innovation for Business Globalization Based on Coupling Point Inventory Planning
Koshichiro Mitsukuni, Yuichi Nakamura and Tomoyuki Aoki

24Relative Control and Management Philosophy
Che-Wei Chang

25Multidimensional of Manufacturing Technology, Organizational Characteristics, and Performance
Tritos Laosirihongthong

26Engineering Change Management in Distruted Environment with PDM/PLM Support
Joze Tavcar and Joze Duhovnik

27Study of Flexibility and Adaptability in Distributed Supply Chains
Felix T. S. Chan and H. K. Chan

28An Autonomous Decentralized Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling System
Tatsushi Nishi

29Simulation Modeling and Analysis of the Impacts of Component Commonality and
000Process Flexibility on Integrated Supply Chain Network Performance
Ming Dong and F. Frank Chen

30On Direct Adaptive Control for Uncertain Dynamical Systems Synthesis and Applications
Simon Hsu-Sheng Fu and Chi-Cheng Cheng