George L. Kovacs - Böcker

PROLAMAT (PROgraming LAnguages for MAchine Tools) is a series of international conferences devoted to the filed of manufacturing - 1969 Roma, Italy; 1973, Budapest, Hungary; 1976, Stirling, Scotland; 1979 Ann Arbor, USA; 1982 Leningrad, USSR; 1992 Tokyo, Japan; 1995 Berlin, Germany; 1998, Trento, Italy; 2001, Budapest, Hungary; - organized by IFIP the International Federation for Information Processing. This triennial event has been a basic meeting for academic and industrial experts in manufacturing. Recently not only the original topics, but all other aspects of the computerized design and production of products and production systems from traditional to virtual ones have been covered and dealt with, including life-cycle issues. This volume contains the edited version of the technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. The main theme of this conference is "Knowledge Enterprise". These proceedings focus on the issue of how to translate data and information into knowledge in manufacturing enterprises. Profitability is no longer only a function of price, cost, and adequate quality.

Cooperative working environments and their development are becoming increasingly important and ever more frequent in different industrial sectors and this book provides a scientific approach for managing team engineering. Meta-cognitive knowledge and networks are identified as key resources enabling engineering teams to work effectively and to reduce engineering time. This book illustrates how computer support can aid cooperative work within the context of practical methodologies and examples. The fields covered in the book include: state-of-the-art research in cooperative learning tools; practical examples and methodologies illustrating the implementation of cooperative networks; and an interdisciplinary approach to team engineering. This book is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and is aimed at researchers, engineers, and technical managers involved in the development of advanced applications for engineering and manufacturing, and software design and engineering.

The triennial PROLAMAT conferences focus on computer applications in manufacturing. This text comprises the proceedings of the Eleventh International PROLAMAT conference, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Budapest, Hungary in November 2000. This volume contains case studies, theoretical papers and project development reports on one of the greatest challenges facing the new digital enterprises: "Life Cycle Approach to Management and Production". In an increasingly environment-conscious world, manufacturing and production are seen as part of a larger picture: the product life cycle (production - use - disposal), and are looked at from three different aspects: technology, economy and ecology (environmental impact). The PROLAMAT conference focuses on technology while also embracing the other two aspects; various solutions for the different activities are presented in the papers.Main issues discussed in the book are: CAD/CAM/CIM/CAE, reverse engineering; SCM, ERP, networking, Web-based applications; decision support systems, intelligent manufacturing; modelling and simulation; virtual and real enterprises, life-cycle approach, management; and control and robotics applications.

Cooperative working environments and their development are becoming increasingly important and ever more frequent in different industrial sectors and this book provides a scientific approach for managing Team Engineering.

Digital Enterprise Challenges comprises the proceedings of the Eleventh International PROLAMAT conference, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Budapest, Hungary in November 2001. Virtual and Real Enterprises, Life-Cycle Approach, Management;

PROLAMAT (PROgraming LAnguages for MAchine Tools) is a series of international conferences devoted to the filed of manufacturing - 1969 Roma, Italy; This volume contains the edited version of the technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China.