On the verge of the global information society, enterprises are competing for markets that are becoming global and driven by customer demand, and where growing

In this global society, manufacturers compete in many ways, and information infrastructures play a critical role in ensuring the right information is available

This book describes a vision of manufacturing in the twenty-first century that maximizes efficiencies and improvements by exploiting the full power of informati

Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services presents novel application scenarios for balanced distributed and integrated systems based on kn

An interconnection of computer networks, telecommunications services, and applications, the National Information Infrastructure (NII) can open up new vistas and