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Using manufacturing process representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Lee A. Becker
Affiliation:
Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
Ron Bartlett
Affiliation:
Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
Arno Kinigadner
Affiliation:
Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, U.S.A.
Mark Roy
Affiliation:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, MA 01749, U.S.A.

Abstract

An MPR is a deep model of a manufacturing process. It is claimed to be easier to acquire than experiential diagnostic rules, and the acquisition of an MPR can be done either by a knowledge engineer or an intelligent interrogator program. An MPR can be used for simulating processes, for centralized or distributed model-based diagnosis of problems with processes, for designing the processes themselves, for determining the need for quality control testing and sensor checks, for determining when knowledge about the process is incomplete and additional knowledge needs to be acquired, and for compiling diagnostic rules.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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