Download or read book Frontiers in Computing Technologies for Manufacturing Applications written by Yoshiaki Shimizu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s competitive world, industries focus on shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, improved productivity and better customer service. This book offers an overview of intelligent computing in manufacturing, discussing modeling, data processing, algorithms and computational analysis of problems encountered in advanced manufacturing. Coverage includes techniques to aid decision makers dealing with multiple, conflicting objectives. Readers will gain knowledge of computational technologies for improving the performance of manufacturing systems.