Experiments with the integration of reasoning, optimization and generalization in process planning
Advances in Engineering Software - Special issue: computer-aided process planning
A symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the integration of process planning and job shop scheduling
Computers and Operations Research
An integrated agent-based approach for responsive control of manufacturing resources
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Special issue: Selected papers from the 27th international conference on computers & industrial engineering
The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Novel surface and volumetric feature interactions for process planning
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Making a process plan adaptable to CNCs
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
STEP-NC- and XML-enabled e-manufacturing
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
ISO 14649-based nonlinear process planning implementation for complex machining
Computer-Aided Design
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Integrated Design of Product and Processes
A simulated annealing-based optimization approach for integrated process planning and scheduling
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Strategic advantages of interoperability for global manufacturing using CNC technology
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Modelling machine tool data in support of STEP-NC based manufacturing
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
A novel open CNC architecture based on STEP-NC data model and IEC 61499 function blocks
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
STEP-compliant CNC system for turning: Data model, architecture, and implementation
Computer-Aided Design
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
An improved multi-objective genetic algorithm for fuzzy flexible job-shop scheduling problem
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
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Integrated process planning with scheduling is a core activity in the manufacturing chain. Modern manufacturing processes require higher flexibility and capability of supporting distributed activities. In this paper, a novel STEP-NC Compliant Process Planning and Scheduling Algorithm (STEP-NCPPSA) is proposed to meet such requirements. The STEP-NCPPSA utilises STEP-NC compliant data models to represent the related manufacturing information. STEP-NCPPSA aims to achieve an Integrated, Intelligent, Informative and Interoperable (I4) manufacturing in a distributed manufacturing environment. Three phases, STEP-NC initial process planning, initial bidding, and Tree-based Genetic Algorithm optimisation are naturally integrated by the supporting STEP-NC concepts. STEP-NCPPSA is also capable of handling shop-floor information and re-process planning and scheduling to adapt to shop floor changes.