Object-oriented Software for Manufacturing Systems

✍ Scribed by S. Adiga (auth.), S. Adiga (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 279
• Series: Intelligent Manufacturing
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

I must confess that I stumbled upon the object-oriented (00) world view during my explorations into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) in search of a new solution to the problem of building computer-integrated manufacturing systems (CIM). In 00 computing, I found the constructs to model the manufacturing enterprise in terms of information, a resource that is common to all activities in an organization. It offered a level of modularity, and the coupling/binding neces­ sary for fostering integration without placing undue restrictions on what the individual applications can do. The implications of 00 computing are more extensive than just being a vehicle for manufacturing applications. Leaders in the field such as Brad Cox see it introducing a paradigm shift that will change our world gradually, but as radically as the Industrial Revolution changed manufacturing. However, it must be borne in mind that simply using an object-oriented language or environment does not, in itself, ensure success in one's applications. It requires a different way of thinking, design discipline, techniques, and tools to exploit what the technology has to offer. In other words, it calls for a paradigm shift (as defined by Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolution, a classic text in the history of science).

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Object-oriented software systems: Concepts....Pages 9-24
Object-oriented software: Relevance to manufacturing....Pages 25-37
Summary: Part One....Pages 38-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Towards an object-oriented architecture for CIM systems....Pages 43-64
Prototyping object systems and reusable object libraries....Pages 65-105
Object-oriented databases....Pages 106-124
Comparing object-oriented programming languages....Pages 125-166
Summary: Part Two....Pages 167-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
FlowStream: An object-oriented plant floor management system....Pages 173-193
OOPS in real-time control applications....Pages 194-226
Summary: Part Three....Pages 227-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Management issues in adopting object-oriented technology....Pages 233-252
Concluding remarks....Pages 253-257
Back Matter....Pages 258-270

✦ Subjects

Manufacturing, Machines, Tools