Computer-Assisted Management and Control of Manufacturing Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Modern Manufacturing Systems: An Information Technology Perspective

   • Spyros G. Tzafestas

   Pages 1-56

3. Decision Support Systems in Manufacturing Systems Management

   • O. Moravčik, M. Mišút

   Pages 57-82

4. AI in Manufacturing: Application to FMS Simulation, Scheduling and Control

   • George L. Kovács

   Pages 83-117

5. Modelling and Analyzing Processes in Production and Administration

   • Norbert Kratz, Thomas Rose

   Pages 118-142

6. Quality Management in CIM

   • E. Bajic, J. Richard

   Pages 143-164

7. Best Practice in Shop Floor Scheduling

   • David Little

   Pages 165-193

8. A Stable, Distributed Routing Policy for Flexible Manufacturing Systems

   • J. Fenchel, Y. H. Chen

   Pages 194-218

9. Shop Controllers-Managers for Intelligent Manufacturing

   • R. C. Michelini, G. M. Acaccia, M. Callegari, R. M. Molfino, R. P. Razzoli

   Pages 219-254

10. A CIM Designed According to Ward and Mellor

    • W. A. Vervoort

    Pages 255-277

11. Monitoring and Automatic Supervision in Manufacturing Systems

    • M. Szafarczyk

    Pages 278-296

12. Petri Nets for Designing Manufacturing Systems

    • A. W. Colombo, R. Carelli

    Pages 297-324

13. Petri Net-Based Approach to Synthesis of Intelligent Control Systems for DEDS

    • Spyros Tzafestas, Františec Čapkovič

    Pages 325-351

14. New Methods and Tools for Commissioning of Manufacturing Lines with Robots

    • Rolf Bernhardt

    Pages 352-375

15. Balanced Automation

    • L. M. Camarinha-Matos, R. Rabelo, L. Osório

    Pages 376-414

16. Factory Principles Applied to Analytical Chemistry: An Integrated Laboratory Management System

    • J. N. Thompson

    Pages 415-440

17. The Generalized Network Model: Algorithms and Application to Manufacturing Operations

    • Spyros Tzafestas, George Kapsiotis

    Pages 441-468

18. Back Matter

    Pages 469-483

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Modem manufacturing systems involve many processes and operations that can be monitored and controlled at several levels of intelligence. At the highest level there is a computer that supervises the various manufacturing functions, whereas at the lowest level there are stand alone computer controlled systems of manufacturing processes and robotic cells. Until recenty computer-aided manufacturing systems constituted isolated "islands" of automation, each oriented to a particular application, but present day systems offer integrated approaches to manufacturing and enterprise operations. These modem systems, known as computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) systems, can easily meet the current performance and manufacturing competitiveness requirements under strong environmental changes. CIM systems are much of a challenge, and imply a systemic approach to the design and operation of a manufacturing enterprise. Actualy, a CIM system must take into account in a unified way the following three views : the user view, the technology view, and the enterprise view. This means that CIM includes both the engineering and enterprise planning and control activities, as well as the information flow activities across all the stages of the system.

• adaptive control
• automation
• business
• control
• development
• management
• manufacturing

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Intelligent Robotics and Automation Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  Spyros G. Tzafestas

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