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Toward Smart Manufacturing Using Decision Guidance Analytics

November 1, 2014
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Daniel A. Menasce, Guodong Shao, Sudarsan Rachuri
This paper is focused on decision analytics for smart manufacturing. We consider temporal manufacturing processes with stochastic throughput and inventories. We demonstrate the use of the recently proposed concept of the decision guidance analytics

Feasibility of Integrating OAGIS and BPMN

October 22, 2014
Author(s)
Denis Gagne, Conrad Bock
Engineering and enterprise processes overlap in their concerns, for example, coordinating product design and customer relations. Integration of these processes provides more efficient communication and higher quality results than leaving them separated

Streamlining the Additive Manufacturing Digital Spectrum: A Systems Approach

October 18, 2014
Author(s)
Duck B. Kim, Paul Witherell, Robert R. Lipman, Shaw C. Feng
Additive Manufacturing (AM) provides great potential for industrial manufacturers who require low volume and functional, highly complex end use products. Given AM's potential, numerous research efforts are underway to reduce the time and improve the

A Cybersecurity Testbed for Industrial Control Systems

October 9, 2014
Author(s)
Richard Candell, Keith A. Stouffer, Dhananjay Anand
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a cybersecurity testbed for industrial control systems (ICS). The goal of this testbed is to measure the performance of an ICS when instrumented with cybersecurity protections in

Towards a Domain-Specific Framework for Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing

October 3, 2014
Author(s)
David J. Lechevalier, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Sudarsan Rachuri
Data analytics is proving to be very useful for achieving productivity gains in manufacturing. Predictive analytics (using advanced machine learning) is particularly valuable in manufacturing, as it leads to production improvement with respect to the cost

Toward Manufacturing System Composability Analysis: A Use Case Scenario

September 20, 2014
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan K. Wallace, Nenad Ivezic, Yunsu Lee
One of the characteristics of a smart manufacturing system is the ability to quickly adapt to new and changing requirements. This implies that software and hardware components of the manufacturing system need to be easily composed and recomposed. In

XForms User Interfaces for Small Arcane Nontrivial Datasets

August 11, 2014
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
Small Arcane Nontrivial Datasets (SANDs) are frequently complex enough to warrant custom software for access and editing, yet too small or specialized to justify a fullblown server-based database application. Such data is typically presented in tabular

Safety and Performance Standard Developments for Automated Guided Vehicles

July 23, 2014
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, Tsai H. Hong, Roger D. Eastman
The American National Standards Institute/Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation (ANSI/ITSDF) B56.5 Safety Standard committee for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) has been considering several changes to improve the standard. Of interest to the

Standards Related to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) for Manufacturing

July 7, 2014
Author(s)
Gregory W. Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, M A. Donmez
Prognostics and health management (PHM) systems are utilized to reduce burdensome maintenance tasks of monitored products or processes through diagnostics and prognostics, which provide actionable information that support decision-making for improved

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INFORMATION MODELING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF PRODUCTS

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Paul W. Witherell, Douglas Eddy, Ian Grosse, Sundar Krishnamurty, Jack Wileden, Kemper Lewis
The design of more sustainable products can be best accomplished in a tradeoff-based design process that methodically handles conflicting objectives. Such conflicts are often seen between, environmental impact, cost, and product performance. To support

Geometric Interoperability via Queries

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Vijay Srinivasan
The problem of geometric (model and system) interoperability is a non-trivial generalization of the classical problem of part interchangeability in mechanical assemblies. Interoperability subsumes the challenging problems of geometric model quality

Processes Analytics Formalism for Decision Guidance in Sustainable Manufacturing

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Frank H. Riddick
This paper introduces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Sustainable Process Analytics Formalism (SPAF) to facilitate the use of simulation and optimization technologies for decision support in sustainable manufacturing. SPAF allows

Towards a Reference Architecture for Archival Systems: Use Case With Product Data

April 28, 2014
Author(s)
Raphael Barbau, Joshua Lubell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou
Long-term preservation of product data is imperative for many organizations. A product data archive should be designed to ensure information accessibility and understanding over time. Approaches such as the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 2)

April 25, 2014
Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman
This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) file. The spreadsheets simplify inspecting information in the STEP file at an entity and

Interoperability for Virtual Manufacturing systems

January 14, 2014
Author(s)
Yung-Tsun Lee, Juyeon Lee, Frank H. Riddick, Donald E. Libes, Deogratias Kibira
Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving manufacturing system design and the efficiency of manufacturing operations and maintenance. However, to use

Preface: Ubiquitous Robotics (UBIROBOTS): Workshop at the UBICOMP 2012 Conference

November 30, 2013
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Edson Prestes, Abdelghani Chibani, Yacine Amirat
Ubiquitous robots (UBIROBOTS) are smart software or physical service providers within ambient intelligence environments. The integration of these robots within cloud computing and ubiquitous computing technologies will enhance our daily lives. Ubiquitous
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