Knowledge-Based Process Planning for Construction and Manufacturing

Preface1 Introduction 1.1 Approaches to Process Planning 1.2 Motivation for Automated Process Planning 1.3 Knowledge-Based Methodology 1.4 PLANEX: A Knowledge-Based System for Process Planning 1.5 Development and Use of PLANEX2 Process Planning and Scheduling 2.1 Plan Formulation with AI Planners 2.2 Project Scheduling with Optimization Methods 2.3 Construction and Manufacturing Planning 2.4 Conclusions3 Modeling Process Planning Problems 3.1 A Conceptual Model for Process Planning 3.2 Two Illustrative Models for Process Planning Operators 3.3 Requirements for a Process Planning Architecture 3.4 Conclusions4 A Knowledge-Based Architecture for Process Planning 4.1 Overview of PLANEX 4.2 Knowledge Representation 4.3 Problem Solving and Control 4.4 User Interaction 4.5 Conclusions5 Developing Process Planning Systems 5.1 Capabilities of the PLANEX Architecture 5.2 Development of Process Planning Systems Using PLANEX 5.3 Example PLANEX Applications 5.4 Evaluation of the PLANEX Architecture6 Cosntruction PLANEX: An Expert System for Construction Project Planning 6.1 Models for Construction Planning Used in the System 6.2 System Architecture 6.3 Use of Construction PLANEX 6.4 Example Problem 6.5 Conclusions7 Harness PLANEX: An Expert System for Electrical Wire Harness Process Planning 7.1 Models for the Harness Manufacturing Planning Process 7.2 System Architecture 7.3 Example Problem 7.4 ConclusionsReferencesIndex