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Manufacturing Information Systems

Chao-Hsien Chu, Ph.D.
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
E-Mail: chu@ist.psu.edu

Manufacturing/Information Systems:

Components of manufacturing systems.
Framework of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM).
Taxonomy of information systems.
Data base management systems.
Data communication systems.

Decision Support Systems:

Framework of decision support systems.
Technical issues for designing DSS.
Intelligent decision support systems (IDSS).
Group decision support systems (GDSS).
Spreadsheet as a tool for designing DSS.

Expert Systems:

Framework of expert systems.
Technical issues for designing expert systems.
Methods of knowledge acquisition.
Schemes of knowledge representation.
Methods of knowledge verification and validation.
Inferencing strategies.
VP-Expert for designing expert systems.

Fuzzy Information Systems:

Taxonomy of fuzzy methodologies and applications.
Process of fuzzy information processing.
Examples of fuzzy analysis: lot sizing and flow shop scheduling.
Example of fuzzy evaluation: facility location selection; corporate credit assessment.
Example of fuzzy clustering: manufacturing cell formation.
Example of fuzzy expert system: aggregate production planning.
Example of fuzzy modeling: manufacturing cell formation.

Neural Network Applications:

Taxonomy of neural network applications.
Technical issues for designing neural network applications.
Examples of supervised nets: forecasting, bank bankruptcy prediction.
Example of competitive learning net: manufacturing cell formation.
Example of interactive activation & competitive learning net: manufacturing cell formation.

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