It is proposed that an automated learning system can be developed to trap the knowledge of an experienced manufacturing planner and incorporate it into an expert system. the learning system would work in the environment of an experienced planned using an existing automated planning system (aps) to… More

The emergence of artifical intelligence and expert systems technology from the laboratory environment into general practice offers a promising approach for the development of manufacturing applications. manufacturing systems built with this technology will be particularly valuable for second and… More

Current design producibility engineering relies on the use of checklists and the experience of the designer and the manufacturing engineer to integrate manufacturing requirements into the overall design of an item. apart from the use of very generalized checklists, there exists no established set of… More

Innovative research is needed to address the problem of designing for producibility. knowledge based systems now offer considerable promise in this field. if the ground data for the inferences of such a system can be captured directly from a design drawing then analysis can be conducted with the aid… More

This project is to develop a set of design-for-producibility (dfp) tools and guidelines for electronic systems. the guidelines will cover all levels of electronic system interconnection: base materials, bare boards, board assemblies, connectors, wire and cable harnesses, racks, chassis, cabinets,… More

The proposed expert system for circuit board assembly is an engineering software tool whose goal is to help an organization to optimize the placement and insertion sequence of electronic part components for a circuit card assembly using kitted parts. it assumes that the assembly process is not a… More

Moving from prototype to production design is not always a smooth transition. interactions between parts can surface that were previously unnoticeable but are now worrisome or even fatal to the goal of the design. in order to eliminate this costly scenario, designers need a tool that will expose… More

A concurrent engineering methodology for the design of electronic products, processes and the product life-cycle, is needed. concurrent engineering is the simultaneous, interactive, cross disciplinary involvement of design, manufacturing and field support engineering that assures design performance,… More

Artificial intelligence/expert system techniques have demonstrated the ability to address complex reasoning tasks required for process planning. feature-based design theory and preliminary efforts have shown the potential of providing a fundamental model for capture and manipulation of design… More