Intelligent Production Machines and Systems - First I*PROMS Virtual Conference

The 2005 Virtual International Conference on IPROMS took place on the Internet between 4 and 15 July 2005. IPROMS 2005 was an outstanding success. During the Conference, some 4168 registered delegates and guests from 71 countries participated in the Conference, making it a truly global phenomenon.

This book contains the Proceedings of IPROMS 2005. The 107 peer-reviewed technical papers presented at the Conference have been grouped into twelve sections, the last three featuring contributions selected for IPROMS 2005 by Special Sessions chairmen:

• Collaborative and Responsive Manufacturing Systems
• Concurrent Engineering
• E-manufacturing, E-business and Virtual Enterprises
• Intelligent Automation Systems
• Intelligent Decision Support Systems
• Intelligent Design Systems
• Intelligent Planning and Scheduling Systems
• Mechatronics
• Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
• Tangible Acoustic Interfaces (Tai Chi)
• Innovative Production Machines and Systems
• Intelligent and Competitive Manufacturing Engineering