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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Conceptual Background
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Front Matter
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Design and Implementation Techniques
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Front Matter
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Manufacturing Applications
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Front Matter
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Management and Organizational Issues
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Back Matter
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About this book
I must confess that I stumbled upon the object-oriented (00) world view during my explorations into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) in search of a new solution to the problem of building computer-integrated manufacturing systems (CIM). In 00 computing, I found the constructs to model the manufacturing enterprise in terms of information, a resource that is common to all activities in an organization. It offered a level of modularity, and the coupling/binding neces sary for fostering integration without placing undue restrictions on what the individual applications can do. The implications of 00 computing are more extensive than just being a vehicle for manufacturing applications. Leaders in the field such as Brad Cox see it introducing a paradigm shift that will change our world gradually, but as radically as the Industrial Revolution changed manufacturing. However, it must be borne in mind that simply using an object-oriented language or environment does not, in itself, ensure success in one's applications. It requires a different way of thinking, design discipline, techniques, and tools to exploit what the technology has to offer. In other words, it calls for a paradigm shift (as defined by Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolution, a classic text in the history of science).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Object-oriented Software for Manufacturing Systems
Editors: S. Adiga
Series Title: Intelligent Manufactoring Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4844-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-39750-9Published: 22 July 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6028-8Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4844-3Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 270