Open AccessAn AI‐Based Methodology for Factory Design
Author(s) -
Fisher Edward L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v7i4.560
Subject(s) - factory (object oriented programming) , architecture , expert system , computer science , representation (politics) , engineering , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , software engineering , manufacturing engineering , art , politics , political science , law , visual arts , programming language
This article provides a discussion of factory design and an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to this problem. Major issues covered include knowledge acquisition and representation, design methodology, system architecture, and communication. The facilities design expert system (FADES) developed by the author is presented and described to illustrate issues in factory design.