In this paper, we show that the planning and decision-support capabilities of the MPC (Manufacturing Planning and Control) system, which forms the core of any ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) package, may be substantively enhanced by including a Decision Support Module (DSM) as an add-on at the midterm planning level. This DSM, called Advanced Resource Planning (ARP), serves as parameter sett...

The use of mobile devices is becoming increasingly more frequent. Although very limited, these devices now have capacities for running more advanced systems. Opportunities for developing applications using artificial intelligence have emerged with the release of APIs that are not aimed at proprietary platforms, such as J2ME. This paper discusses some approaches of artificial intelligence planni...

This paper presents an overview of the activities of CIGRE C6.19 Working Group (WG), focusing on the planning and optimization of active distribution systems. This builds on the recommendations of CIGRE WG C6.11 that focused on the development and operation of active distribution networks (ADNs). The C6.19 WG aims at addressing the following issues: (i) Survey on the state of the art on plannin...

Automated planning and scheduling, including automated path planning, has been integrated with an Internet-based distributed operations system for planetary rover operations. The resulting prototype system enables faster generation of valid rover command sequences b y a distributed planetary rover operations team. The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) provides Internet-based distributed coll...

Planning and control are critical problems in industry. In this paper, we propose a planning framework called PRUDENT to address many common issues and challenges we are facing in industrial applications, including incompletely known world models, uncertainty, and very large problem spaces. This framework considers planning as sequential decision-making and applies integrated planning and learn...

in this paper, surface and piezoelectric effects on the vibration behavior of nanowires (nws) are investigated by using a timoshenko beam model. the electric field equations and the governing equations of motion for the piezoelectric nws are derived with the consideration of surface effects. by the exact solution of the governing equations, an expression for the natural frequencies of nws with ...

statins are most effective pharmacologically agents to decrease total plasma cholesterol level by competitive inhibition of hmg-co a reductase. apart from the well-known ldl and cholesterol lowering effect, statins have been postulated to exert other beneficial effects also called pleotropic or non-lipid effects. better understanding of various pleotropic effects of statins has prompted a new s...

computer-integrated manufacturing (cim), technologies are presented as solutions tomanufacturing organizations, which need to perform well in all customer-related dimensionssimultaneously. in the literature, cim technologies providing such benefits as more frequentproduction changes, reduced inventory level, improved ability of producing complex parts with ahigh degree of accuracy and repeatabi...