Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Lihui (Editor), Shen, Weiming (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Computer-aided engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Operations Management.

The process planning and scheduling issues of intelligent and distributed manufacturing are crucial nowadays due to the need for enterprises to be adaptive, re-configurable, collaborative and flexible enough to support the emergence of worldwide competition and dynamic and mass-customised markets. W...