Andrew Kusiak is a highly respected authority on advanced manufacturing and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is author of numerous books, including Concurrent Engineering and Intelligent Design and Manufacturing, both published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Life-Cycle Design of Products: A New Opportunity for ManufacturingEnterprises (L. Alting). Modeling of Concurrent Engineering Design (K. Ishii). Automated Analysis Idealization Control (R. Wentorf & M.Shephard). Concurrent Engineering in Optimal Structural Design (M. Chirehdast,et al.). Conceptual Design of Mechanisms: A Qualitive Physics Approach (T.Tomiyama, et al.). An Intelligent Design for Manufacturing System (J. Colton). Design for Automated Manufacturing (Z. Dong). Quality by Design (S. Sanchez, et al.). Quality Engineering and Tolerance Design (K. Kapur). Design for Reliability (A. Birolini). Design for Maintainability (M. Klement). Design for Economics (J. Noble & J. Tanchoco). Use of an Agent-Based System for Concurrent Mechanical Design (J.Brandon & G. Huang). Index.

Andrew Kusiak is a highly respected authority on advanced manufacturing and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is author of numerous books, including Concurrent Engineering and Intelligent Design and Manufacturing, both published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Life-Cycle Design of Products: A New Opportunity for ManufacturingEnterprises (L. Alting). Modeling of Concurrent Engineering Design (K. Ishii). Automated Analysis Idealization Control (R. Wentorf & M.Shephard). Concurrent Engineering in Optimal Structural Design (M. Chirehdast,et al.). Conceptual Design of Mechanisms: A Qualitive Physics Approach (T.Tomiyama, et al.). An Intelligent Design for Manufacturing System (J. Colton). Design for Automated Manufacturing (Z. Dong). Quality by Design (S. Sanchez, et al.). Quality Engineering and Tolerance Design (K. Kapur). Design for Reliability (A. Birolini). Design for Maintainability (M. Klement). Design for Economics (J. Noble & J. Tanchoco). Use of an Agent-Based System for Concurrent Mechanical Design (J.Brandon & G. Huang). Index.

Andrew Kusiak is a highly respected authority on advanced manufacturing and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is author of numerous books, including Concurrent Engineering and Intelligent Design and Manufacturing, both published by Wiley.

• Partial table of contents: Life-Cycle Design of Products: A New Opportunity for ManufacturingEnterprises (L. Alting). Modeling of Concurrent Engineering Design (K. Ishii). Automated Analysis Idealization Control (R. Wentorf & M.Shephard). Concurrent Engineering in Optimal Structural Design (M. Chirehdast,et al.). Conceptual Design of Mechanisms: A Qualitive Physics Approach (T.Tomiyama, et al.). An Intelligent Design for Manufacturing System (J. Colton). Design for Automated Manufacturing (Z. Dong). Quality by Design (S. Sanchez, et al.). Quality Engineering and Tolerance Design (K. Kapur). Design for Reliability (A. Birolini). Design for Maintainability (M. Klement). Design for Economics (J. Noble & J. Tanchoco). Use of an Agent-Based System for Concurrent Mechanical Design (J.Brandon & G. Huang). Index.