Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 2003 Book

	Web-Based E-Services for Manufacturing Systems	1
	Content Management System and Its Alignment to Business Processes	5
	Constraint Programming Based Support for Production Networks Management	11
	E-Business and Supply Chain Integration for the Leather Industry	17
	Special Issues in Interactive Multimedia for Tele-Presence Operations	23
	Realizing the Digital Factory: Monitoring of Complex Production Systems	29
	Role of Trust in Networked Production Systems	35
	The 5-Day-Car: Increasing Agility in the Automotive Supply Chain	41
	Developing a Theory of Design Through an Explicit Knowledge Representation of Design Objects	45
	Step-NC Data Model Development for Wire-EDM Manufacturing	51
	Knowledge Management Support for Machine Tool Designers	57
	Pre-Defined Geometrical Model of Reverse Engineering in Case of Simple Mechanical Parts	63
	Constraint-Based Scheduling: An Introduction for Newcomers	69
	Production Planning for Complex Plants Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps	75
	Discrete Model for Hybrid Dynamical Approach to FMS Scheduling	81
	Study of Hybrid Dynamical Approach for Manufacturing Systems Scheduling by Discrete Event Simulation	89
	Multi-Agent Support of Mass Customization for Corporate Knowledge Management	95
	Identification of ADACOR Holons for Manufacturing Control	101
	The Divergence of Theoretical and Actual Designs in a Holonic Packing Cell	107
	Agent-Based Optimisation of Logistics and Production Planning	113
	The Role and Trends of Modeling and Simulation in Managing Manufacturing Complexity	119
	Guidelines for Effective Simulation in Manufacturing Management and Control	127
	Approximate Modelling of Manufacturing Systems	133
	Workflows Management for Project-Driven Manufacturing	139
	Category Theory Based Approach for IMS Modelling	145
	Monitoring of Automated Screw Insertion Processes - A Soft Computing Approach	151
	A Concept for On-Line Testing of Distributed Safety-Critical Supervisory Systems	157
	PC-NC Communication by Dual-Port Memory	163
	The Impact of Auto-ID Technology in Materials Handling Systems	169
	The Developing of an Expert System when ELID Grinding Hard Materials	175
	Controller Design to Enforce Boundedness, Liveness and Reversibility in Petri Nets	181
	Remote Control and Monitoring Over the Internet - Wireless Construction Site	187
	Development of a Reference Architecture for Benchmarking Service of Manufacturing Systems	193
	The Complexity of Design and Test of Multi-Agent Control Systems: Lessons Learned in a Decade of Research Experience	201
	Multi-Agent Manufacturing Control: An Industrial Case Study	207
	Real-Life Scheduling Using Constraint Programming and Simulation	213
	Collaboration Support in Factory Planning by Means of E-Simulation	219
	Planning, Scheduling and Control from a Sociotechnical Perspective	223
	Benchmarking and Robust Multi-Agent-Based Production Planning and Control	229
	Optimization of the Structure of Multi-Level Parallel Assembling	235
	Some Optimization Approaches for Transfer Lines with Blocks of Operations	239
	Deadlock Avoidance in Systems on Multiassortment Repetitive Production	245
	A Holistic Education Approach for the Factory of the Future	251
	Constraint Management Based Decision Engineering	255
	Impact of IT Enabled Performance Measurement on Business and Management	261
	Author Index	267