Ebook: Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing: Multi-Agent Systems and Virtual Organizations

Towards Intelligent Manufacturing Systems This book contains the selected articles from the third International Conference on lriformation Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing. A rapid evolution in a number of areas leading to Intelligent Manufacturing Systems has been observ@d in recent years. Significant efforts are being spent on this research area, namely in terms of international cooperative projects, like the IMS initiative, the USA NIIIP (National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols) project, or the European ESPRIT programme, and a growing number of conferences and workshops. The importance of the Information and Communication Technologies in the manufacturing area is weIl established today. The proper combination of these areas with the socio-organizational issues, supported by intelligent tools, is however, more difficult to achieve, and fully justifies the need for the BASYS conference and the publication of the series of books on Balanced Automation SyStems. The first book of this series focused on the topic of "Architectures and Design Methods", was published in 1995. Mahy of the fundamental aspects of manufacturing, and some preliminary results were presented in this book. Among others, the topics included: Modeling and design of FMS, Enterprise modeling and organization, Decision support systems in manufacturing, Anthropocentric systems, CAE/CAD/CAM integration, Scheduling systems, Extended enterprises, Multi­ agent system architecture, Balanced flexibility, Intelligent supervision systems, Shop-floor control, and Computer aided process planning.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Agent-Based Approach to Holonic Manufacturing Systems....Pages 3-12
PVS 98 Agent Models and their Application in Production Planning....Pages 13-22
Mobile Agent Technology in Support of Sales Order Processing in the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 23-32
Using Multiagent Systems and the Internet in Care Services for the Ageing Society....Pages 33-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Multiagent Perspectives to Agile Scheduling....Pages 51-66
Decentralised Resource Allocation Planning through Negotiation....Pages 67-76
Scheduling in a Multi-Agent Environment....Pages 77-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Agents and Objects: Towards Component Integration for Manufacturing Systems Re-engineering....Pages 89-98
Analytical design methodology of agent oriented manufacturing systems....Pages 99-108
Agent-based Manufacturing : a database point of view....Pages 109-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Application of machine learning techniques in water distribution networks assisted by domain experts....Pages 121-136
Fuzzy Cognitive Map Model for Supervisory Manufacture Systems....Pages 137-146
Using expert systems in evaluation of high voltage insulating systems....Pages 147-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Virtual Enterprises: A Mexican Case Study....Pages 159-170
Concurrent Engineering in Virtual Enterprises: the Extended CIM-FACE Architecture....Pages 171-184
Composing Enterprise Models:The Extended and The Virtual Enterprise....Pages 185-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Basic services for the management of Virtual Enterprises — A Case Study....Pages 197-206
Secure Electronic Commerce in Virtual Enterprises of SMEs....Pages 207-218
Extended Enterprise Communications Based On The Client/Server Paradigm....Pages 219-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Telework Business Process Coordination — The supporting tool engineering life cycle....Pages 231-240
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
The “coach” metaphor in CSCW decision making system design....Pages 241-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Modelling expertise for selecting manufacturing technology....Pages 253-264
Some artificial intelligent techniques to design robotic systems....Pages 265-278
Support for Component Based Systems: Can Contemporary Technology Cope?....Pages 279-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
A CIM Application of a Multi-Agent System....Pages 291-300
Simultaneous design and process planning by indicators....Pages 301-310
Solving Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problems using Tabu Search....Pages 311-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Object Oriented Modelling of Product Oriented Manufacturing Systems....Pages 325-334
Enhanced Production Flow Schema for Modeling the Complex Resource Sharing System....Pages 335-344
AOP3S: A Balanced Approach to Model Distributed Manufacturing Systems....Pages 345-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
An Approach for Real-Time Applications Engineering....Pages 357-368
Information systems for eco-effective manufacturing....Pages 369-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-390
Rule-based Management of Product Data in CIM Systems....Pages 391-391
Integrating Manufacturer and Customer: the funSTEP way....Pages 393-402
Integrated product model centred design in a virtual design office....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-423
Information systems requirements specification through the mediation of technical and organizational perspectives....Pages 425-425
Representation of Human Intent in Product Models....Pages 427-436
Assistance Systems Supporting Operators In Manufacturing....Pages 437-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-456
Knowledge Based Methods and Tools for TQM in Small Batch Flexible Manufacturing and Complex Assembly....Pages 457-457
Front Matter....Pages 459-468
Computer aided part programming for improved part quality and productivity....Pages 457-457
Front Matter....Pages 469-478
Using Fuzzy Logic in High Level Control Functions....Pages 479-479
Fuzzy Optimal Control of Mechanical Systems....Pages 481-490
A simple robust fuzzy-logic sliding-mode controller of the diagonal type....Pages 491-498
Front Matter....Pages 499-511
An intelligent pattern recognition algorithm and its application in cutting tool condition monitoring process....Pages 513-513
Vision-based Sensors for Production Control — The experience gathered in Applications....Pages 515-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-532
Integration of manufacturing system and product design with DMU....Pages 533-533
Development of a feature -based Computer-Aided Fixturing system....Pages 535-544
Front Matter....Pages 545-554
A contribution to algebraic approach for a CAD/CAPP specification....Pages 555-555
Interactive Design of Integrated Systems....Pages 557-566
Human integration and participation in time constraint workshops with limiting transportation resources....Pages 567-578
Front Matter....Pages 579-586
Object Oriented Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Systems....Pages 587-587
Scheduling the arrivals in a no-wait flowshop with fuzzy processing times....Pages 589-594
Fuzzy approximation of the functions minimum and maximum....Pages 595-602
Fuzzy Knowledge-Based Prediction of Yeast’s Morphological Characteristics for Sparkling Wine Manufacturing....Pages 603-608
Front Matter....Pages 609-612
Problems of Learning in Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 613-613
User Interface for Multi-Agent Systems: A case study....Pages 615-624
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