Intelligent manufacturing systems 2001 (IMS 2001) : a proceedings volume from the 6th IFAC Workshop, Poznan, Poland, 24-26 April 2001

Minimizing cycle time of job scheduling using petri nets a study of heuristic methods, B. Alqassar et al implementation in Java of the champ dispatcher, S.-A Andreasson reference model for a virtual enterprise, Z.A. Banaszak, M.B. Zaremba analysis of the application of the constraint management in the Czech Republic, J. Basl machine vision for manufacturing, T. Borangiu, L.M.T. Balibrea a reconfigurable fault-tolerant communication system for manufacturing control, T. Borangiu, F. Ionescu supply chains planning requirements, M.F. Carvalho, P.G. Furtado experimental analysis of the performance of an English auction mechanism in a market-like model for manufacturing scheduling, S. Cavalieri, M. Macchi the remote factory - providing a test-bench service for the research community, S. Cavalieri, M. Macchi man, decision-making, control and performance - a complementary view to process-oriented approach, D. Chen et al scheduling and sequencing jobs on machines by way of simulated annealing-based heuristics, Delgado et al reconfiguring the control systems in holonic manufacturing, M. Fletcher et al from remote maintenance to co-operative expertise-based E-maintenance, B. Iung et al supervising and control of industrial processes using internet technologies, N. Ivanescu, S. Brotac globalisation and openness of machine tools design system, J. Jedrzejewski et al application of petri nets to group scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems, K.A. Kattan et al a framework for building distributed agent-based industrial applications, D. Konstantas et al IMS - rapid product development - a project overview, H. Newlyn object oriented paradigm for manufacturing automation, J. Reiner, J. Koch grouping products in a follow-up production control system for parallel partitioned flow production lines, P. Sitek, M. Zaborowski flow synchronisation of the production systems - the distributed control approach, B. Skould, D. Krenczyk direct and intelligent monitoring of thermal distortions, M. Szafarczyk et al investigation of fuzzy based control system of overhead crane, J. Szpytko et al deadlock avoidance in flexible flow shops with loops, P. Valckenaers et al bringing the model-based verification of distributed control systems into the engineering practice V. Vyatkin, H-M. Hanisch the follow-up scheduling in a production control system, M. Zaborowski a programming method for load planning in manufacturing systems, Y. Zheng, J.P. Bourrieres.