Advanced Information Technologies for Industrial Material Flow Systems
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Shimon Y. Nof, Colin L. Moodie.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(ix, 710 pages 229 illustrations)
SERIES
Series Title
NATO ASI series., Series F,, Computer and systems sciences ;, 53.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The Nature of Information in Material Flow Systems --;Managing Information Complexity in Material Flow Systems --;Information Dynamics for Computer Integrated Product Realization --;Some Interactions of Information and Control in Integrated Automation Systems --;2. Data and Knowledge Methodologies in Material Flow Systems --;Distributed, Intelligent Information System for Automated, Integrated Manufacturing Systems --;Applying Distributed Artificial Intelligence to Flexible Manufacturing --;Combining Predicate Transition Nets and Rule Based Systems for Planning, Programming and Exception Handling in Manufacturing Process Control --;A Knowledge-Based System for Production Equipment Selection and Layout --;Specifications for Knowledge Representation in Intellligent Systems Layout Design Environments --;3. Intelligent Robotics and Communications --;The Impact of Advances in Information Technology on Interactive Robotics --;The Karlsruhe Autonomous Mobile Assembly Robot --;Knowledge Representation and Integration of Robot Assembly Applications --;Results of the Development of a Manipulator with a Very Large Reach --;Global Path Planning Approaches for Material Movements in a Worksite --;The Need for a Generic Framework for Systems Integration --;4. Modeling Issues of Material Flow Functions --;Some Issues in Controlling Integrated WIP Material Handling Systems --;Tool Management and Its Implications for Material Flow --;Issues in Design and Control of AS/RS --;Knowledge Models for the Design and Management of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems --;Guided Vehicle Systems: Information/Control System Implications of Alternative Design and Operation Strategies --;5. Integration Models and Techniques --;Materials Handling and Storage in Logistics Systems --;GRAI Approach to Designing and Controlling Advanced Manufacturing System in CIM Environment --;LLAMA: A Layered Logical Architecture for Material Administration --;Simulation Techology for the Design and Scheduling of Material Handling and Storage Systems --;Knowledge Based Approaches for Production Control: An Assessment --;6. Implementation and Management Issues --;Information Processing in Material Flow System Management --;CIM System Development for Small to Medium Size Discrete-Parts Manufacturing Companies --;An Approach to Solve Workshop Real Time Scheduling Problems --;Cybernetics Approach to Material Flow Control --;7. Research Panel Reports.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Advanced Information Technologies for Industrial Material Flow Systems held in Grenoble, France, June 13-17, 1988
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Advanced Information Technologies for Industrial Material Flow Systems held in Grenoble, France, June 13-17, 1988