Integrated Distributed Intelligent Systems in Manufacturing [Hardcover]

Intelligent Manufacturing is a new disciplinary field which applies computer science, artificial intelligence, mechanical engineering and systems science to industrial manufacturing processes. This book presents a new integration architecture for implementing real-time distributed intelligent manufacturing systems.Introduction. Meta-system architecture. Meta-COOP implementation. Integrated distributed intelligent design environment. Integrated distributed intelligent simulation environment. Gear integrated distributed intelligent manufacturing system. Intelligent system for process startup automation. Intelligent operation support system for chemical pulp process.On the whole, the book gives a clear and convincing definition of integrated intelligent systems for manufacturing. - Jun Huang, Department of computing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK