Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services

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.