Databases for Production Management

Dealing with many aspects of the design, implementation and operation of databases for production management systems, this book presents research that is important to all those presently concerned with the computerisation of production management.

Inhalt

Conceptual Data Models. A Conceptual Model for Product-Types and Bills-of-Material: Application of a Set-Theoretic Approach (E.O. de Brock, F. Remmen, J.C. Wortmann). Towards the Automated Design of Database Systems: Application to Production Management (A.L.D. Murr, J.M.V. de Castilho, C.S. dos Santos, C. Walter). Deductive Conceptual Modelling of Systems Using Prolog (D. Costal, J.A. Pastor, M.R. Sancho). An Entity-Relationship Model for Computer-Aided Production Management (A.El Youssefi, M. Rhorab, S. Taghboulit, R. Soenen). Geometry of Production Management Databases (P. Falster).
Distributed Databases. Conceptual Integration of Distributed PMS Databases (H.J. Pels). On Distribution of Domain Knowledge in a Hierarchical Production Management System (E. Hynynen).
Knowledge Databases and CIM.
The Intelligent Database Design Environment (IDDE) for the Design and Implementation of CIM Information Systems (Ming Wang, G.W. Smith). From Database Systems to Information Management Systems - A Requirement for Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly (D.M. Weber, C.L. Moodie). A Hybrid Data Model for Integrated Manufacturing Environments (L. Mohan, R.L. Kashyap). Database Structures for CIM (C. Helfrich).
Production Planning and Control. Integrated System of MRP II Matrix-Based Hierarchical Planning: Its Computerized Implantation (F.C. Lario Esteban, E. Vicens Salort). A Database for the Control of Stocks when Using GT and Single Cycle Ordering (J.L. Burbidge). Hypertext - A New Database Approach for Production Management Systems (E. Eloranta, A.-P. Hameri, H. Pennanen). Computer Assisted Planning and Scheduling: Artemisa (J.Bautista, F. Angas). Graphical System in CIM Interactive Tools for User Interface Design (C. Tahon, J. Wang, R. Soenen).
Databases for Simulation.
A Database to Support the Design of Automated Production Systems (T. O`Donnell, K. Tierney, J. Browne). Using Abstraction Mechanisms in FMS Simulation (P. van der Weerd, H. Stienen). A Database for Computer Simulators of Production Systems (E. Radosinski, L. Szczurowski). ISATIS: An Editor-Simulator of Manufacturing Systems Using Timed Coloured Petri Nets (B. Descotes-Genon, F. Hemon, R. Mercier des Rochettes).
Closing Forum. Round Table: Databases and P.M.S. - The Future (G. Doumeingts).