Handbook of Expert Systems Applications in Manufacturing Structures and rules

Handbook of Expert Systems Applications in Manufacturing Structures and rules
Author: A. Mital
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401107033

This book is aimed at both researchers and practitioners, and provides a collection of expert systems in manufacturing and production engineering along with their knowledge base and rules. We believe that inclusion of the knowledge base and associated rules is essential if practitioners are to derive full benefit from these expert systems. This unique book is the result of our belief and the efforts of our distinguished colleagues who subscribe to this philosophy. A total of 15 different expert systems are included in this book. These expert systems are preceded by an introductory chapter written by Kuo, Preface XVll Mital and Anand. The expert system rules are included on a floppy disk in ASCII and can be easily accessed. These rules and the description of the expert system's structure should assist the users in customizing these systems. Overall, the expert systems included in this volume cover a fairly wide variety of manufacturing and production engineering topics.

Uncertainty in Industrial Practice

Uncertainty in Industrial Practice
Author: Etienne de Rocquigny
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2008-09-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0470770740

Managing uncertainties in industrial systems is a daily challenge to ensure improved design, robust operation, accountable performance and responsive risk control. Authored by a leading European network of experts representing a cross section of industries, Uncertainty in Industrial Practice aims to provide a reference for the dissemination of uncertainty treatment in any type of industry. It is concerned with the quantification of uncertainties in the presence of data, model(s) and knowledge about the system, and offers a technical contribution to decision-making processes whilst acknowledging industrial constraints. The approach presented can be applied to a range of different business contexts, from research or early design through to certification or in-service processes. The authors aim to foster optimal trade-offs between literature-referenced methodologies and the simplified approaches often inevitable in practice, owing to data, time or budget limitations of technical decision-makers. Uncertainty in Industrial Practice: Features recent uncertainty case studies carried out in the nuclear, air & space, oil, mechanical and civil engineering industries set in a common methodological framework. Presents methods for organizing and treating uncertainties in a generic and prioritized perspective. Illustrates practical difficulties and solutions encountered according to the level of complexity, information available and regulatory and financial constraints. Discusses best practice in uncertainty modeling, propagation and sensitivity analysis through a variety of statistical and numerical methods. Reviews recent standards, references and available software, providing an essential resource for engineers and risk analysts in a wide variety of industries. This book provides a guide to dealing with quantitative uncertainty in engineering and modelling and is aimed at practitioners, including risk-industry regulators and academics wishing to develop industry-realistic methodologies.

Managing Uncertainty

Managing Uncertainty
Author: H. Katzan
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1992-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780442011147

A guide to using the computer to come to terms with the risk, insecurity, and ambivalence that are encountered in businesses in a wide range of fields. Matching management techniques with computational equivalents, shows how to use both conflicting and confirming evidence from independent sources to induce, infer, and predict, in ways that will improve decision making. Includes several programs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Transdisciplinary Lifecycle Analysis of Systems

Transdisciplinary Lifecycle Analysis of Systems
Author: R. Curran
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1614995443

Concurrent Engineering (CE) is based on the premise that different phases of a product’s lifecycle should be conducted concurrently and initiated as early as possible within the Product Creation Process (PCP). It has become the substantive basic methodology in many industries, including automotive, aerospace, machinery, shipbuilding, consumer goods, process industry and environmental engineering. CE aims to increase the efficiency of the PCP and reduce errors in later phases while incorporating considerations for full lifecycle and through-life operations. This book presents the proceedings of the 22nd ISPE Inc. (International Society for Productivity Enhancement) International Conference on Concurrent Engineering (CE2015) entitled ‘Transdisciplinary Lifecycle Analysis of Systems’, and held in Delft, the Netherlands, in July 2015. It is the second in the series ‘Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering’. The book includes 63 peer reviewed papers and 2 keynote speeches arranged in 10 sections: keynote speeches; systems engineering; customization and variability management; production oriented design, maintenance and repair; design methods and knowledge-based engineering; multidisciplinary product management; sustainable product development; service oriented design; product lifecycle management; and trends in CE. Containing papers ranging from the theoretical and conceptual to the highly pragmatic, this book will be of interest to all engineering professionals and practitioners; researchers, designers and educators.

Managing Uncertainty in Expert Systems

Managing Uncertainty in Expert Systems
Author: David C. Knue
Publisher:
Total Pages: 109
Release: 1986
Genre: Expert systems (Computer science)
ISBN:

A study of using probability to manage uncertainty in expert systems is presented. The study begins with a comprehensive summary of the literature on applying numeric techniques to manage uncertainty in expert systems. In addition to probability, fuzzy sets, certainty factors, and belief functions are addressed. basic principles and rules of information combination for each technique are discussed. The Lindley scoring rule argument for why probability is mathematically techniques is reviewed. The issues why using probability is considered to be a hindrance to managing uncertainty in expert systems are also reviewed. A simple expert system is developed using a state of the art expert system building tool called ALTERID. ALTERID is unique in that it unifies logical and probabilistic inference. This simple expert system is used to explore how probability theory can be used to manage the uncertainty in expert systems. The simple ALTERID based expert system is also used to evaluate the aforementioned issues for using probability to manage uncertainty in expert systems. Keywords: artificial intelligence Bayes theorem; decision analysis; theses.