Intelligent reasoning for process planning
The success of CAD/CAM integration depends on the ability of these two functions to communicate with each other. Computer-aided process planning serves as the key to this problem. A significant amount of work that provided a basic structure for process planning analysis has been conducted. However, in order to achieve integrated computer-aided manufacturing, the computer-aided process planning function must be totally automated. Recently, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where AI techniques are producing encouraging results both in academia and industry. Some of the results involve the design and implementation of expert systems, which are intelligent computer systems using domain-specific knowledge to achieve a high level of performance in the field we would normally consider as requiring a human expert. The domain knowledge and a pattern-directed inference mechanism with a concurrent rule-firing concept is implemented in PROLOG. The system contains a machined surface identifier, a knowledge base, a backward-inference engine, a machining data-selection module, an automated NC part program generator, and an effective relational data base manager.
- Research Organization:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5180697
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Automated Information Management Technology (AIM-TECH): considerations for a technology investment strategy. Final report
Model-based reasoning for fault diagnosis
Related Subjects
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
PLANNING
COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING
EXPERT SYSTEMS
AUTOMATION
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE BASE
PROLOG
MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
990210* - Supercomputers- (1987-1989)