Since 1972 there has been considerable progress in manufacturing systems. The development of a series of new technologies that have the potential for application to manufacturing systems has created a sudden upsurge of interest in applying these emerging technologies to the area of factory automation. These emerging technologies include expert and knowledge based systems, fuzzy systems, neural networks, Petri nets, intelligent user interfaces, intelligent robotic systems and intelligent computer aided manufacturing. This book chronicles work on the implications of new technologies and their application to factory automation. The volume should allow the reader to explore the potential of applying these emerging technologies to factory automation and help to stimulate future research and analysis.
Since 1972 there has been considerable progress in manufacturing systems. The development of a series of new technologies that have the potential for application to manufacturing systems has created a sudden upsurge of interest in applying these emerging technologies to the area of factory automation. These emerging technologies include expert and knowledge based systems, fuzzy systems, neural networks, Petri nets, intelligent user interfaces, intelligent robotic systems and intelligent computer aided manufacturing. This book chronicles work on the implications of new technologies and their application to factory automation. The volume should allow the reader to explore the potential of applying these emerging technologies to factory automation and help to stimulate future research and analysis.
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978-0-444-89677-3 (9780444896773)
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Part 1 Overview of the book: introduction; expert systems; knowledge acquisition; neural networks and fuzzy systems; petri nets; mircomachines and microfabrication technology; factory communication protocols. Part 2 Expert systems: an automated fault tree generated by semantic network system representation and rule-based event development; innovative approaches to knowledge based systems development; expert system applied to automatic flatness control system for aluminium foil rolling mill; real time knowledge-based control for machining; an intelligent numerical controller for machining systems. Part 3 Knowledge acquisition: current status of knowledge acquisition research in Japan; GRAPE - knowledge acquisition support groupware for the classification-choice problem; development of automatic knowledge-acquisition expert system; knowledge acquisition with neural networks. Part 4 Neural networks and fuzzy systems: preserving neuronal activation history with a neuron; fuzzy longitudinal control for car platoons; impact of fuzzy logic in industry and government; a genetic fuzzy expert for compound eye robot control. Part 5 Petri nets: design method for real-time systems based on object models and structured state-transition diagrams; modelling and verification of flexible manufacturing systems using petri nets; application of timed marked graphs to a scheduling problem of production systems including repetitive processes with set-up times; application of petri nets to sequence control; simulation methods for logistics systems using stochastic petri nets; optimization of production planning with petri nets; applying petri net theory to the modelling, analysis and prototyping of distributed systems; petri nets based models and communication protocols; petri nets and artificial intelligence. Part 6 Micromachines and microfabrication technology: microfabrication and micromachines; polymer gel actuator and osmotic pressure actuator for micro-pumps; mirco-probe encoder - force microscope used in displacement sensing. Part 7 Factory communication protocols: XTP - a new communications protocol for factory automation.
