Advances in Manufacturing: Decision, Control and Information Technology

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Concepts for Integrating Process Planning and Production Scheduling....Pages 3-12
Intelligence in Computer-Aided Process Planning for Machining....Pages 13-24
Single and Multi-Machine Scheduling of Jobs in Production Systems....Pages 25-36
A Study of Self-Organization in a Production Environment....Pages 37-44
The Process Plan Sequence in Steel Structures Welding of Great Diesel Engines....Pages 45-56
Design of Part-Machine Cells in Manufacturing Systems Using Mathematical Programming Techniques....Pages 57-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Knowledge Based Process Monitoring in Mass Production....Pages 69-78
Recent Developments in Automated Visual Inspection of Wood Boards....Pages 79-88
Automated Visual Quality Inspection of Printed Ceramic Dishes....Pages 89-100
Grafcet: Methodological and Formal Issues....Pages 101-114
A Synergistic Self-Organizing System for Control Chart Pattern Recognition....Pages 115-123
Conveyor-Belt Diagnostic System Using Time-Frequency Analysis....Pages 123-132
Integration of the Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing System....Pages 133-144
A Geometric Calibration Method for Single-Head-Cone-Beam X-Ray Systems....Pages 145-156
A Tool for the Evaluation of Fieldbuses Reliability for Intelligence Distributed Automation System Design....Pages 157-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Industrial Forecasting Using Knowledge-Based Techniques and Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 171-180
DAPHNE: a neural network based short-term load forecasting program. Application to an autonomous power system.....Pages 181-187
Process Optimization System Used in Metallurgical Plants....Pages 189-194
Knowledge-Based Control Synthesis of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems....Pages 195-206
Static and Dynamic Control of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems....Pages 207-216
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Min-Max Control with Application to Discrete Event Dynamic Systems....Pages 217-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Force Sensing in Microrobot Systems : An Overview....Pages 233-244
Vision-Based Control Approaches for Trajectory Correction of Microrobots....Pages 245-254
Exploiting a Human Arm Model for Fast, Intuitive and Time-Delays-Robust Telemanipulation....Pages 255-266
Intelligent Robotic Assembly and Disassembly: General Architecture and Implementation Case Studies....Pages 267-282
Integrated Design for Flexible Assembly System: Robotic Arc Welding Stations for Containers....Pages 283-294
Stereo Image Processing and Virtual Reality in an Intelligent Robot Control System....Pages 295-308
Tracking Control for Automated Bridge Cranes....Pages 309-320
Robust Feedforward Control Design for Variation of Resonant Frequency and its Application to Crane Systems....Pages 321-334
Path Planning and Navigation of Overhead Traveling Crane with Three-Dimensional Transport Based on a Diffusion Equation Strategy....Pages 335-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Teleworkplace in Laser Material Processing....Pages 351-360
Batch and Adaptive Instantaneous Blind Source Separation Algorithms Applied to Pyroelectric Sensor Response in Real Time....Pages 361-372
Build-Time Estimation Tools for Rapid Prototyping Stereolithography Systems....Pages 373-384
An Efficient PC-Based Environment for the Improvement of Magnetic Cores Industrial Process....Pages 385-396
Analysis and Reconfiguration of a Packing Production Process in an Alimentary Pasta Firm....Pages 397-407
Perspectives of Implementing Automated and Robotic-Based Techniques in Road Infrastructure Construction and Maintenance Operations....Pages 409-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-424