Dynamic Management Architecture for Human Oriented Production System
In advanced factories, human workers or craftsmen are required to achieve highly flexible and skillful production. This paper introduces...
Conceptual Modeling Quality – From EER to UML Schemas Evaluation
This exploratory research investigates the evaluation process of conceptual specifications developed using either Extended Entity-Relationship (EER) or Unified Modeling...
GeoCosm: A Semantics-Based Approach for Information Integration of Geospatial Data
Information integration implies access to distributed information sources without interfering with the autonomy of the underlying data sources. Integration...
Conceptual Modeling for Customized XML Schemas
XML was initially developed for document management, but it is becoming increasingly used for storing and exchanging all kinds...
Imposing Modeling Rules on Industrial Applications through Meta-modeling
There is a trend in the automation domain to create common conceptual models of an industrial plant, which serve...
A Flexible Cost Model for Abstract Object-Oriented Database Schemas
Typically, the design of an object-oriented database schema starts with an analysis of the application and ends with the...
Modelling Ubiquitous Web Applications – The WUML Approach
E-commerce and m-commerce have dramatically boosted the demand for services which enable ubiquitous access. Ubiquity with its anytime/anywhere/anymedia nature...
Designing Valid XML Views
Existing systems for XML views only support selection operation applied in the views and cannot validate views. In this...
Participation: The Key to Intelligent Manufacturing Improvement
This paper describes the background and objectives of the IST project “Organizational Aspects of Human-Machine Coexisting Systems” (HUMACS), that...
Challenges in Dealing with Human Factors Issues in Manufacturing Activities
To whatever extent manufacturing facilities are automated, they still need humans with supreme authority over production management even in...
