Intelligent systems in manufacturing: current developments and future prospects

Meziane, F; Vadera, S; Kobbacy, KAH; Proudlove, N

Abstract

Global competition and rapidly changing customer requirements are demanding increasing changes in manufacturing environments. Enterprises are required to constantly redesign their products and continuously reconfigure their manufacturing systems. Traditional approaches to manufacturing systems do not fully satisfy this new situation. Many authors have proposed that artificial intelligence will bring the flexibility and efficiency needed by manufacturing systems. This paper is a review of artificial intelligence techniques used in manufacturing systems. The paper first defines the components of a simplified intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS), the different Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to be considered and then shows how these AI techniques are used for the components of IMS.

Citation

Meziane, F., Vadera, S., Kobbacy, K., & Proudlove, N. (2000). Intelligent systems in manufacturing: current developments and future prospects. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576060010326221

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2000
• Deposit Date: Jan 16, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 16, 2009
• Journal: Integrated Manufacturing Systems (currently published as: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management)
• Print ISSN: 09576061
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 218-238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09576060010326221
• Keywords: Manufacturing systems, artificial intelligence, neural networks, algorithms, knowledge-based systems, intelligent manufacturing systems, artificial intelligence, neural networks, genetic algorithms, knowledge-based systems, case-based reasoning
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09576060010326221
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• Additional Information: Additional Information : Awarded the Highly Commended Award from the Literati Club, 2001