TY - GEN
T1 - Evolvable assembly systems - On the role of design frameworks and supporting ontologies
AU - Lohse, Niels
AU - Ratchev, Svetan
AU - Barata, José
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS) are aimed to enable enterprises to rapidly respond to changes in today's increasingly volatile and dynamic global markets. One of the key success factors for the effective use of EAS is methods and tools that can rapidly configure and reconfigure assembly systems driven by changing requirements. The focus of this paper is on the analysis of modular assembly systems within the EAS paradigm. The specific roles of synthetic design environments and their supporting knowledge models are being explored within the scope of EAS systems. Furthermore, the paper outlines an ontology for the design of modular assembly systems (OntoMAS) and illustrates its enabling role within the EAS paradigm. The results of this work are expected to significantly improve the evolvability of modular assembly systems.
AB - Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS) are aimed to enable enterprises to rapidly respond to changes in today's increasingly volatile and dynamic global markets. One of the key success factors for the effective use of EAS is methods and tools that can rapidly configure and reconfigure assembly systems driven by changing requirements. The focus of this paper is on the analysis of modular assembly systems within the EAS paradigm. The specific roles of synthetic design environments and their supporting knowledge models are being explored within the scope of EAS systems. Furthermore, the paper outlines an ontology for the design of modular assembly systems (OntoMAS) and illustrates its enabling role within the EAS paradigm. The results of this work are expected to significantly improve the evolvability of modular assembly systems.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50049099365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISIE.2006.296008
DO - 10.1109/ISIE.2006.296008
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50049099365
SN - 1424404975
SN - 9781424404971
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics
SP - 3375
EP - 3380
BT - International Symposium on Industrial Electronics 2006, ISIE 2006
T2 - International Symposium on Industrial Electronics 2006, ISIE 2006
Y2 - 9 July 2006 through 13 July 2006
ER -