Information Technology For Balanced Manufacturing Systems: IFIP TC5, WG 5.5 Seventh International Conference on lnformation Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing and Services, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, September 4–6, 2006

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Agent Based Manufacturing....Pages 3-4
Tool Condition Monitoring in Machining - Neural Networks....Pages 5-16
Agent-Based Supply Chain Planning in the Forest Products Industry....Pages 17-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
An Agent-OS for Autonomous Cooperative Systems....Pages 29-36
A Holonic Approach to Dynamic Manufacturing Scheduling....Pages 37-46
Toward Collaborative Scheduling....Pages 47-56
A Framework of Agent-Based Supply Chain Performance Analysis System....Pages 57-66
An Agent-Based Simulation of A Jit Material Handling System....Pages 67-78
Uncertain Temporal Support in Multiagent Medical Service....Pages 79-88
Collaborative Event Management in Supply Chains: An Agent-Based Approach....Pages 89-98
Design Patterns for Distributed Control System Benchmaking....Pages 99-108
Industrial Application Integration Using Agent-Enabled Sematic SOA: Capnet Case Study....Pages 109-118
A Multiagent Based Control System Applied to an Educational Shop Floor....Pages 119-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Distributted Work Environments for Collaborative Engineering....Pages 131-140
Market Of Resources as an Enabler Of (Inter-)Organizational Reconfiguration Dynamics....Pages 141-148
Business Networks in Small Textile Entrprises: The Case Of Nova Friburgo-Brasil....Pages 149-156
Business Process Based Integration of Dynamic Collaborative Organizations....Pages 157-166
Managing Complexity in Industrial Collaborations Within Tool & Die Industry....Pages 167-174
A Multiagent-Based Complex Systems Approach for Efficient Partnering in Virtual Enterprise....Pages 175-182
Design for Product Lifecycle Management....Pages 183-192
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Towards a Reference Model for Collaborative Networked Organizations....Pages 193-202
Agent- Based Intelligent Media Distribution in Advertisement....Pages 203-212
A Service Composabilty Model to Support Dynamic Cooperation of Cross-Enterprise Services....Pages 213-222
On Formal Theories - And Formalisms for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 223-232
Towards a Distributed Process Execution Platform for Collaborative Networks....Pages 233-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
An Innovative Maintenance Solution for Complex Machinery: The Kobas Project Case....Pages 243-252
Real-Time Collaborative Design System for Product Assembly Over the Internet....Pages 253-260
An Integrated Approach to a Multi-Attribute Decision Problem Through a Case Study....Pages 261-270
Making Manufacturing Changes Less Disruptive: Agent-Driven Integration....Pages 271-280
A Vision-Based Approach af Bare-Hand Interface Design in Virtual Assembly....Pages 281-290
On the Assembly line: A View from Industrial Sociology....Pages 291-300
An Object Based Virtual Reality Simulation Tool for Design Validation of a New Paradigm Manufacturing Facility....Pages 301-308
On the Re-Configurability Design of Parallel Machine Tools....Pages 309-316
Evolvable Assembly Systems Basic Principles....Pages 317-328
A Cellular Neural Network for Deformable Object Modelling....Pages 329-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
A Load Balancing Method for Dedicated Photolithography Machine Constraint....Pages 339-348
Iterative Heuristics for Permutation Flow Shops with Total Flowtime Minimization....Pages 349-356
Parameter Estimation for Time-Varying System Based on Combinatorial PSO....Pages 357-368
Remote Monitoring and Control of Manufacturing System....Pages 369-376
Architecture of a Web-Based Power SCADA System Using J2EE Technology....Pages 377-384
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
A Web-Based CSCW System for Remote Substation Fault Diagnosis....Pages 385-394
A Service-Oriented Framework for Integration of Shop Floor Scheduling and Control....Pages 395-404
Computational Representation, Heterogeneity and Integration of Production System Models....Pages 405-414
Timed-Event-State-Based Diagnoser for Manufacturing Systems....Pages 415-424
NFC Technologies in Mobile Phones and Emerging Applications....Pages 425-434
Integrated Knowledge and Simulation-Based Facility Supervision and Control....Pages 435-442
On Stability Analysis of Bearing-Rotor System....Pages 443-452
Batch Roundness Characterization and Evaluation....Pages 453-460
A Point Cloud Simplification Algorithm for Mechanical Part Inspection....Pages 461-468
Degeneration Methods in Intelligent Building Control System Design....Pages 469-478
A New Method for the Hierarchical Modelling of Productive Systems....Pages 479-488
Modelling and On-Line Monitoring of Machined Surface in Turning Operations....Pages 489-498
Back Matter....Pages 499-500