The flexibility claimed by the next generation production systems induces a deep
modification of the behaviour and the core itself of the control systems. Over-connectivity and …

Semantic technologies that have arisen with web development have brought out new tools,
concepts, and methodologies which are increasingly employed in Product Lifecycle …

This paper proposes an approach for facilitating systems interoperability in a manufacturing
environment. It is based on the postulate that an ontological model of a product may be …

With the development of specialization, coordination and intelligence in the manufacturing
service process, the issue of how to quickly extract potential resources or capabilities for …

Abstract Maintenance and Industrial Asset Management (AM) are fundamental business
processes in guaranteeing the availability of physical assets at minimum risk and cost, while …

Due to the advancement in the application of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT), manufacturing industry and its many domains employ a wide range of different ICT …

The growing complexity of modern organisations poses a series of challenges, among them
the cooperation between autonomous and heterogeneous information systems in distributed …

Smart manufacturing is characterized as transparent shop floor production, rapid and
intelligent responses to dynamic changes, and a utilization of high-performance inter …

Reference models play an important role in the knowledge management of the various
complex collaboration domains (such as supply chain networks). However, they often show …

This paper focuses on industrial design and simulation processes especially in automotive
and aerospace areas. Designers use business models (called expert models) such as CAD …