Intelligent Production Machines and Systems - First I*PROMS Virtual Conference

by Pham

• ISBN13: 9780080447308
• ISBN10: 0080447309
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-12
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Summary

The 2005 Virtual International Conference on IPROMS took place on the Internet between 4 and 15 July 2005. IPROMS 2005 was an outstanding success. During the Conference, some 4168 registered delegates and guests from 71 countries participated in the Conference, making it a truly global phenomenon. This book contains the Proceedings of IPROMS 2005. The 107 peer-reviewed technical papers presented at the Conference have been grouped into twelve sections, the last three featuring contributions selected for IPROMS 2005 by Special Sessions chairmen: - Collaborative and Responsive Manufacturing Systems - Concurrent Engineering - E-manufacturing, E-business and Virtual Enterprises - Intelligent Automation Systems - Intelligent Decision Support Systems - Intelligent Design Systems - Intelligent Planning and Scheduling Systems - Mechatronics - Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems - Tangible Acoustic Interfaces (Tai Chi) - Innovative Production Machines and Systems - Intelligent and Competitive Manufacturing Engineering

Table of Contents

The EU FP6 I*PROMS network of excellence for innovative production machines and systems	p. 1
A robustness index for scheduling based on sensitivity analysis	p. 5
Computer aided procedure for selecting technological parameters in the drawing process	p. 11
Intelligent software agents as a basis for collaborative manufacturing systems	p. 17
Modelling and simulation on an RFID based manufacturing system	p. 23
Production variable management : a software tool based on the connectance concept	p. 29
Toward the next generation of manufacturing systems : FRABIHO : a synthesis model for distributed manufacturing	p. 35
An enterprise collaborative portal with a case-based reasoning tool for business process model creation	p. 41
Automatic formation of rules for feature recognition in solid models	p. 49
Backlash error and effects on the accuracy of vertical machining center	p. 55
BMövirtual enterprise architecture reference model for concurrent engineering processes performance improvement : an experiment	p. 61
Holistic approach for condition monitoring and prediction of machine axis	p. 67
Overcoming the challenges of product development and engineering changes in a distributed engineering environment	p. 73
A problem solving approach to developing product support systems	p. 79
An object-oriented framework for intelligent product manuals	p. 85
Design and development of a decision support system for manufacturing systems	p. 91
E-supply application - Finnish case study	p. 97
Knowledge-based manufacturing within the extended enterprise	p. 105
Potentials of voice interaction in industrial environments	p. 111
Real time integrated transportation system	p. 115
Study on manufacture resource evaluating system of the ASP-based platform	p. 121
User interfaces for service oriented architectures	p. 129
A roaming vehicle for entity relocation	p. 135
A system for automatic end-quality assessment of vacuum cleaner motors	p. 141
Agent technology used for monitoring of automotive production	p. 147
An intelligent system for manufacturing fibre optic components	p. 155
Automatic detection of Mediterranean water eddies from satellite imagery of the Atlantic Ocean	p. 163
Complementary agents for intelligent cluster sensors technology	p. 171
Fuzzy logic modelling of a powder coating system	p. 177
Image segmentation using fuzzy min-max neural networks for wood defect detection	p. 183
Integrating human personnel, robots, and machines in manufacturing plants using ubiquitous augmented reality and smart agents	p. 189
Neural networks in automated visual inspection of manufacturing parts	p. 195
Petri net controller synthesis using theory of regions	p. 201
Quality control of high pressure die casting using a neural network	p. 207
Robot kinematic calibration using genetic algorithms	p. 213
A performance evaluation approach of an inventory system with batch orders	p. 219
Applications of machine learning in manufacturing	p. 225
Applications of RULES-3 induction system	p. 231
Correlation analysis of environmental pollutants and meteorological variables applying neuronal networks	p. 237
Early design analysis using rough set theory	p. 243
Hypermedia-based adaptive expert system for advanced performance support	p. 249
Intelligent SERM (strategic enterprise resource management)	p. 255
Performance analysis of two-machine continuous-flow model with delay	p. 261
RULES-IS : an immune-network inspired machine learning algorithm	p. 267
Semantic modelling of product support knowledge	p. 275
SO[subscript 2] concentrations forecasting for different hours in advance for the city of Salamanca, Gt., Mexico	p. 281
Towards interactive analysis of virtual manufacturing simulations	p. 287
An integrated knowledge-based system for sheet metal processing	p. 295
Artificial intelligence methods a challenge for the modern polymer chemistry	p. 301
Construction using combined materials - possibilities and limits	p. 309
Evolutionary neuro-fuzzy modeling in parametric design	p. 315
Intelligent conceptual design of robot grippers for assembly tasks	p. 321
Knowledge-based and requirements-driven product development	p. 327
Participatory innovative design technology tools for enhancing production systems and environment	p. 333
Statistics supporting the design process via Kansei Engineering	p. 339
A case-based reasoning of computer-aided process planning system for rotational parts	p. 345
A knowledge-based system to schedule multi-skilled labor with variable demand	p. 351
Application of reinforcement learning to a mobile robot in reaching recharging station operation	p. 357
Intelligent manufacturing strategy selection	p. 363
Operating policy generation using a reinforcement learning agent in a melt facility	p. 369
Quantitative utilities for the 'intelligent' definition of CNC programs for the high speed milling of complex parts	p. 375
Using artificial neural networks for process planning of cylindrical machined components	p. 381
Active interpolated surfaces for robotic arm control : the potential for high speed implementation in FPGA	p. 387
Design and implementation of a web based mobile robot	p. 393
Docking of autonomous vehicles : a comparison of model-independent guidance methods	p. 399
Simulation and optimisation of a tendon-based Stewart platform	p. 405
Visual servoing of a robotic manipulator based on fuzzy logic control for handling fabric lying on a table	p. 411
A computer aided design system for product oriented manufacturing systems reconfiguration	p. 417
A distributed control environment for reconfigurable manufacturing	p. 423
A multi-agent scheduler for reconfigurable manufacturing systems	p. 429
Custom-fit : a knowledge-based manufacturing system enabling the creation of custom-fit products to improve the quality of life	p. 435
Hybrid manufacturing technologies	p. 441
Reconfigurable robots towards the manufacturing of the future	p. 447
Robotised nano manufacturing : current developments and future trends	p. 453
Simulation of manufacturing processes using multi-agent technology	p. 461
The reality of functionally graded material products	p. 467
Acoustic holography in solids for computer-human interaction	p. 475
Acoustic pattern registration for a new type of human-computer interface	p. 481
Expressive gesture in tangible acoustic interfaces	p. 487
Hardware structure of tangible acoustic interface systems	p. 493
Impact localisation techniques for tangible acoustic interfaces	p. 497
In-air passive acoustic source localization in reverberant environments	p. 503
A framework for the integration of a trajectory pre-shaping technique into an advanced machine tool system	p. 509
Accurate 3D modelling for automated inspection : a stereo vision approach	p. 515
Best practice development within a manufacturing enterprise collaboration framework	p. 521
Development of a smart supervisory control system in a sugar mill crystallisation stage	p. 527
From simulation to VR based simulation and testing	p. 535
Identifying defects on plywood using a minimum distance classifier and a neural network	p. 543
Issues concerned with the spatial optimisation of shapes	p. 549
Optimisation of nesting using simulated annealing	p. 555
Rapid tooling process chain	p. 561
Reverse engineering and rapid prototyping for new orthotic devices	p. 567
Towards rapid sheet metal forming	p. 573
Agent-based multiple supplier tool management system	p. 579
A correlation between the friction coefficient and the roughness of rolls in a hot flat rolling	p. 585
Advanced hybrid mechatronic materials for ultra precise and high performance machining systems design	p. 591
Advanced ultrasonic system for high performance composite laminate nondestructive evaluation	p. 597
Application of artificial neural networks in the prediction of quality of wastewater treated by a biological plant	p. 603
Chip form monitoring in turning based on neural network processing of cutting force sensor data	p. 609
Critical aspects in the application of acoustic emission sensing techniques for robust and reliable tool condition monitoring	p. 615
Design, CFD simulation and testing of special-purpose nozzles for powder coating guns	p. 621
Development of an artificial neural network for defects prediction in metal forming	p. 627
FEM analysis of advanced high strength steel car body drawing process	p. 633
Flexible tool management strategy for optimum tool inventory control	p. 639
Neural network material modelling for machining FEM simulation	p. 645
Open controller enabled by an advanced real-time network	p. 651
Prediction of machining errors on the geometric accuracy of a milled guide	p. 657
Reconstruction of 3-D relief surfaces from 2-D images	p. 663
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