CAD (Computer Aided Design) technology is now crucial for every division of modern industry, from a viewpoint of higher productivity and better products.
Raster graphics differs from the more traditional vector or line graphics in the sense that images are not made up from line segments but from discrete elements orderly arranged in a two-dimensional rectangular region.
This volume is a record of the Workshop on Window Management held at the Ruth- erford Appleton Laboratory's Cosener's House between 29 April and 1 May 1985.
The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University, which described the funding of ASls.
The complete shop floor automation - a "e;lights out factory"e;, where workers initially set up all machines, turn off the lights, lock the door and the machine churns up the parts - remains an unfulfilled dream.
Bei den Vorbereitungen zu einer CIM-Einführung ist über die rein technischen Aspekte hinaus eine sorgfältige Planung des organisatorischen Umfelds zwingend erforderlich: technische und organisatorische Aspekte sowie die Qualifizierung der Mitarbeiter sind zu beachten, Risiken und Chancen kritisch abzuwägen.
The craft of designing mathematical models of dynamic objects offers a large number of methods to solve subproblems in the design, typically parameter estimation, order determination, validation, model reduc- tion, analysis of identifiability, sensi tivi ty and accuracy.
Um ein Höchstmaß an Wirtschaftlichkeit bei der Anwendung rechnerunterstützter Systeme zu erreichen, müssen - anstelle von nebeneinanderstehenden Insellösungen - Daten und Informationen einmalig erfaßt werden und in verschiedenen Systemen zur Verarbeitung verfügbar sein.
Fertigungsautomatisierung und die Realisierung fortgeschrittener Informationsverarbeitung sind wesentliche Voraussetzungen, um den Marktanforderungen für die Auftrags- und Kleinserienfertigung gerecht zu werden.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC 5 International Conference on Digital Product and Process Development Systems, NEW PROLAMAT 2013, held in Dresden, Germany, in October 2013.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th IFIP TC 10 International Embedded Systems Symposium, IESS 2013, held in Paderborn, Germany, in June 2013.
In this monograph the author presents a thorough computational geometry approach to handling theoretical and practical problems arising from numerically controlled pocket machining.
This volume addresses the convergence of three technologies that emerged in the early 21st century: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Digital Twins.
E-maintenance is the synthesis of two major trends in today's society: the growing importance of maintenance as a key technology and the rapid development of information and communication technology.
Designing Inclusive Interactions contains the proceedings of the fifth Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT), incorporating the 8th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation Robotics, held in Cambridge, England, in March 2010.
Readers of System Design Optimization for Product Manufacturing will learn about detailed concepts and practical technologies that enable successful product design and manufacture.
"e;Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management"e; discusses how to streamline complex supply chain management by making the most of the growing number of tools available.
Model Predictive Control System Design and Implementation Using MATLAB(R) proposes methods for design and implementation of MPC systems using basis functions that confer the following advantages: - continuous- and discrete-time MPC problems solved in similar design frameworks; - a parsimonious parametric representation of the control trajectory gives rise to computationally efficient algorithms and better on-line performance; and - a more general discrete-time representation of MPC design that becomes identical to the traditional approach for an appropriate choice of parameters.