Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services, 2002 Balancing Knowledge and Technology in Product and Service Life Cycle IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series, Vol. 101

Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services presents novel application scenarios for balanced distributed and integrated systems based on knowledge and up-to-date technology and provides a great opportunity for discussion of concepts, models, methodologies, technological developments, case studies, new research ideas, and other results among specialists. It comprises the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Technology for BALANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS in Manufacturing and Services (BASYS'02), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in September 2002 in Cancun, Mexico.

1 — Systems Interoperability and Enterprise Modeling.- 1. Methods and Tools for Constraint Based Information Integration.- 2. Feature Driven Associative Part and Machining Process Models.- 3. Modelling of an ALSTOM Electrical Engine Manufacturing Line According to Process Approach Advocated by Standard ISO9000:2000.- 4. Implicit Hierarchical Meta- Modeling. In Search of Flexible Inter-Operability for Manufacturing and Business Systems.- 5. An Activity-Based Model of Concurrent Engineering System.- 6. Self-Governing Production Groups: Towards Requirements for It Support.- 7. Developing a Web Scheduling System Based on XML Modeling.- 8. A Flexible Flow Shop Modelling as a Distributed Production System.- 9. Simulation Services for Training of Plant Operators.- 10. Support for B2B E-Contracting — The Process Perspective.- 11. A Service Interface Definitions Catalogue for Virtual Enterprises in Tourism.- 2 — Networked Enterprising.- 12. Dynamic Virtual Organizations or Not so Dynamic?.- 13. Considerations on Secure FIPA Compliant Agent Architecture.- 14. A Review on Environments Supporting Virtual Enterprise Integration.- 15. E-Services for Virtual Enterprise Brokerage.- 16. Competitor Based Strategic Networks of SME.- 17. Relationship Management in Enterprise Networks.- 18. Evaluation of Organizational Structure in Emergency from the Viewpoint of Communication.- 19. Workflow History Management in Virtual Healthcare Enterprise.- 20. Configuring of Supply Chain Networks Based on Constraint Satisfaction, Genetic and Fuzzy Game Theoretic Approaches.- 21. Quantitative Integration of the Analytical Hierarchical Process and Virtual Enterprise Model to Support Manager Decisions.- 22. Performance Measurement in Virtual Organizations.- 23. An Analysis on Game TheoreticNegotiation Dynamism Based on Multi-Agent Paradigm in Virtual Enterprise.- 3 — Multi-Agent and Holonic Manufacturing Systems.- 24. IEC 61499 Architecture, Engineering Methodologies and Software Tools.- 25. A Low-Cost Experimental System and Engineering Methodology for IEC 61499 Applications.- 26. Platforms for Scalable Flexible Automation Considering the Concepts of IEC 61499.- 27. Managing Fault Monitoring and Recovery in Distributed Real-Time Control Systems.- 28. An Agent-Based Approach towards the Design of Industrial Holonic Control Systems.- 29. A Holonic Control Approach for Distributed Manufacturing.- 30. Design Issues in Holonic Inventory Management and Material Handling Systems.- 31. Agent-Based, Distributed Diagnosis for Shipboard Systems.- 32. Service-Oriented Concept of a Holonic Enterprise — Enabling Adaptive Networks along the Value Chain.- 33. Holonic Manufacturing with Intelligent Objects.- 34. Distributed Self-Simulation of Holonic Manufacturing Systems.- 35. Component Design and Formal Validation of SFA Systems: A Case Study.- 36. A Practical Representation of Holonic Manufacturing Systems.- 37. Holonic Management System for Hierarchical Robot Groups.- 38. Process Planning and Scheduling with Multiagent Systems.- 39. From Intra-Enterprise Towards Extra-Enterprise Production Planning.- 4 — Integration of Product and Service Life Cycles.- 40. Design of Product Oriented Manufacturing Systems.- 41. Integrated Development of Products and Services.- 42. Agile E-Business Process Assembly and Development.- 43. A Conceptual Framework for Efficient New Product Introductions.- 44. Product Life Cycle Design Using the DFE Workbench.- 45. Knowledge Maintenance in Knowledge-Based Product Development Systems.- 46. Internet-Based Electronic ProcurementSolutions — Opportunities for Support and Re-Engineering of Direct Materials Procurement.- 47. Using Rejection Methods in a DSS for Production Strategies.- 48. Introduction to the Prototyping of an Intelligent Supervision System.- 49. Business Intelligence Support for Supply Chain Management.- 50. A Coordination Level in Supply Chain Simulator.- 51. Reference Configurations to Support the Implementation of the Product Recovery Supply Chain.- 52. On the Value of Industrial Service.- 53. On-Line Analysis of Utility Networks.- 54. Data Mining and Resource Allocation: A Case Study.- 55. A Method to Optimize Scheduling in Small Batch Manufacturing.- 56. Layout Problem Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms.- 57. Formal Methods in PLC Control Demonstrated at a Flexible Manufacturing Line.- 58. Towards Environment Modeling by Autonomous Mobile Systems.- 59. Novel Adaptive Control of Mechanical Systems Driven by Electromechanical Hydraulic Drives.- 60. Low Cost Educational Technology Based on Open System Reference Architecture for Engineering Courses.- Acknowledgment.- Authors Index.