International Journal of COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING Contents Volume 6 (1993), Numbers 1-6 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING EDITOR EDITOR: NORTH AMERICA EDITOR: EUROPE Professor David J. Williams Professor George Chryssolouris Dr F. Vernadat Department of Manufacturing MIT, Laboratory for INRIA-Lorraine/ CESCOM Engineering Manufacturing and Productivity Technopole Metz 2000 University of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 4 rue Marconi Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK Cambridge, MA 02139, USA F57070 Metz, France Tel ( + 44) (0)509 222940 Fax ( + 44) (0)509 267725 Founding Editor: David Hughes REVIEWS EDITOR Jon Edwards Manufacturing Engineering Group, University of Cambridge, Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD Professor J. Browne Professor R. Jaikumar Dr H. Van Dyke Parunak University of Galway, Eire Harvard University, USA Industrial Technology Institute, USA Professor B.-K. Choi Dr A. Jones Dr P. 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NUMBERS 1 & 2 JANUARY-APRIL 1993 Special Issue: Features edited by Keith Case and Nabil Gindy Editorial Feature technology: an overview K. Case andJ . Gao Applications of feature recognition in the product life-cycle M. J. Pratt Feature-based component model for computer-aided process planning systems N. N. Z. Gindy, X. Huang and T. M. Ratchev Representation problems in feature-based approaches to design and process planning F. G. Mill, J. C. Salmon and A. G. Pedley A constraint approach to feature-based design A. J. Medland and G. Mullineux Face-based feature recognition: generalizing special cases J. Corney and D. E. R. Clark Rule-based feature recognition for 2:5D machined components I. A. Donaldson andJ . R. Corney Features in integrated modelling of products and their production T. Lenau and L. Mu An ecosystems model for integrated production planning P. Husbands Integrating CAD and manufacturing intelligence through features and objects M. N. Latif, R. D. Boyd and R. G. Hannam Automatic machining of 2°5D components with the ACIS modeller J. L. Murray and Y. Yue Design by features: advantages and limitations in machine planning integration R. I. M. Young and R. Bell Integrating 3D modelling and process planning by features: a case study R. Crawford Feature-based modelling in design for assembly E. Molloy, H. Yang andJ . Browne Features and the principle of locality in process planning J. Vaneza and A. Markus A graph grammar approach to feature representation and transformation Z. Fu, A. de Pennington and A. Saia Methods for integration of process planning and production planning N. E. Larsen Announcement NUMBER 3 MAY-JUNE 1993 An integrated multi-view system description approach to approximate factory modelling W. Wang, K. Popplewell and R. Bell Using Petri nets to solve FMS problems C.-M. Liu and F.-C. Wu Periodic pull: a modified approach to Just-In-Time production L. C. Lee, A. N. Poo and K. H. W. Seah A hierarchical knowledge-based scheduling and control for FMSs Z. Doulgeri, G. D’Alessandro and N. Magaletti The limits of programmed automation in a CAD/CAM/CNC precision engraving environment J. Fitzpatrick and R. Leonard Computer integrated manufacturing system flexibility L. Galbraith Book reviews Publications received Announcement NUMBER 4 JULY-AUGUST 1993 Comparison of equivalent pure cellular and functional production environments using simulation H. Sarper and T. J. Greene Using the virtual cell concept for short-term production planning for flexible job shop manufacturing systems S.-H. Chung and C.-Y. Fang A state of the art review of IDEFO G. J. Colquhoun, R. W. Baines and R. Crossley Automatic consistency verification of mechanical CAD files D.-B. Perng, Z. Chen and J.-S. Wu Book reviews Announcement NUMBER 5 SEPTEMBER--OCTOBER 1993 An intelligent decision system for a modern manufacturing system K.-S. Wang, H.-W. Hsia and Z.-D. Zhuang Performance analysis of network designs in CIM environment S. P. Dutta, G. Abdou and S. Agasaveeran A Petri net approach for modelling controls of a computer- integrated assembly cell K. A. D’Souza and S. K. Khator A group technology model to assess consolidation and reconfiguration of multiple industrial operations—a shared manufacturing solution R. E. Billo, F. Dearborn, C. J. Hostick, G. E. Spanner, E. J. Stahlman and S. S. Aurand Machine vision integration and information support: methods, models and tools J. Edwards, P. Clements and S. Murgatroyd NUMBER 6 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1993 Machine cell formation: using the simulated annealing algorithm C.-M. Liu and J.-K. Wu A hierarchical knowledge model for the engineering of production systems O. Barakat, J. P. Bourriéres and F. Lhote Computer-aided-design-based interactive off-line programming of spray-glazing robots B. Bidanda, V. Narayanan andJ . Rubinovitz Justification study for computer integrated manufacturing R. P. Mohanty and S. Venkatraman Book reviews Index of authors