THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & PRODUCTION

Vol. 3, Nos. 2-4, 2000

Table of Contents

1. DESIGN

A Backward Mapping Approach For Complex System Design

Ping Ge, Stephen C.-Y. Lu, Nanxin Wang........................................................................................................................................ 49

A Paradigm Shift in Conceptual Design

April Gillam and Stephen Presley...................................................................................................................................................... 57

Neural Network Based Process Design of Cold Forged Shafts With Different Work Materials

R. Teti, A. Langella and D.D’Addona............................................................................................................................................... 65

Representation of Functional Relations Among Parts And Its Application to Product Failure Reasoning

Tomoyuki Hata, Noritomo Kobayashi, Fumihiko Kimura and Hiromasa Suzuki........................................................................ 77

Design of Control and Monitoring Rules for State Dependent Processes

Irad Ben-Gal, Armin Shmilovici and Gail Morag.............................................................................................................................. 85

Intuitive Design Method (IDM): A New Framework For Design Method Integration

Denis Cavallucci, Philippe Lutz and Fabrice Thiebaud.................................................................................................................. 95

Towards an Integration of Engineering Knowledge Management And Knowledge Based Engineering

Rudiger Klein...................................................................................................................................................................................... 103

Combined Use of Simulation and AI/Machine Learning Techniques In Designing and Manufacturing Processes and Systems

Laszlo Monostori, Botond Kadar, Zsolt Janos Viharos, Istvan Mezgar, Peter Stefan............................................................ 111

2. ASSEMBLY

Disassembiosis: A System to Study Product Configuration of Optimization for End-Of-Life Disassembly

Shivakumar Viswanthan and Venkat Allada.................................................................................................................................. 118

3. RP & RE

Evaluation of Uncertainty in Geometrical Measurements: A Pragmatic Approach

Giulio Barbato, Maurizio Galetto and Raffaello Levi..................................................................................................................... 135

Multi-Reconstruction of a 3D Freeform Object from Range Images

J. Barhak, A. Fischer.......................................................................................................................................................................... 143

Recovering Variable Radius Rolling Ball Blends in Reverse Engineering

Geza Kos.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 149

SLS-Layer Manufacturing a Powerful Complementary Technology In the RPD (Rapid Product Development) Cycle

Prof. Dr. Gideon N. Levy................................................................................................................................................................... 157

4. CAD / CAPP

Knowledge-Based Environment for the Generation of Rapid Product Development Processes

Alain Bernard, Alexandre Deglin..................................................................................................................................................... 165

Interdisciplinary Development of Mechatronic Systems

W. Dohmen......................................................................................................................................................................................... 173

Next Generation Manufacturing Systems

Kenneth Preiss................................................................................................................................................................................... 179

Three-Dimensional Programming and Simulation of PLC-Controlled Manufacturing Systems

o. Prof. Dr.-Ing. D.Spath and Dipl.-Ing. Robert Landwehr........................................................................................................... 187