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An Architecture for Semantic Enterprise Application Integration Standards

April 1, 2005
Author(s)
Nenad Anicic, Nenad Ivezic, Albert T. Jones
Large, industry-wide interoperability projects use syntax-based standards approaches to accomplish interoperable data exchange among enterprise applications. We are investigating Semantic Web to advance these approaches. In this paper, we describe an

Content-Level Conformance Testing: An Information Mapping Case Study

March 1, 2005
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, Albert T. Jones
Content-level conformance testing is a key to achieving interoper-able data exchange among applications deployed across collaborating, yet in-dependent enterprises. In this paper, we identify four types of content-level conformance tests to support

Test Beds for Complex Systems

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, A S. Deshmukh
Global competition requires major manufacturers to increase productivity, quality, and responsiveness while simultaneously decreasing costs and time to market. To achieve these seemingly conflicting requirements, they have expanded the outsourcing trends

Enterprise Simulation: A Hybrid System Approach

April 1, 2004
Author(s)
Luis C. Rabelo, M Helal, Hyeung-Sik Min, Albert T. Jones
Manufacturing enterprise decisions can be classified into four groups: business decisions, design decisions, engineering decisions, and production decisions. Numerous physical and software simulation techniques have been used to evaluate specific decisions

A Business-to-Business Interoperability Testbed: An Overview

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, M Martin, Albert T. Jones
In this paper, we describe a business-to-business (B2B) testbed co-sponsored by the Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGI) and the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) to advance enterprise e-commerce standards. We describe the business and

A Hybrid Approach To Manufacturing Enterprise Simulation

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Luis C. Rabelo, M Helal, Albert T. Jones, J Min, Y J. Son, A S. Deshmukh
Manufacturing enterprise decisions can be classified into four groups: business decisions, design decisions, engineering decisions, and production decisions. Numerous physical and software simulation techniques have been used to evaluate specific decisions

A Manufacturing B2B Interoperability Testbed

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Albert T. Jones
This paper describes the NIST Manufacturing Business-to-Business Interoperability Testbed developed at the Manufacturing Systems Integration Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The testbed is geared to advance state of practice

Integrated Product and Process Data for B2B Collaboration

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, R A. Wysk, Albert W. Jones
Collaborative development of engineered products in a business-to-business (B2B) environment will require more than just the selection of components from an on-line catalogue. It will involve the electronic exchange of product, process, and production

Semantic Resolution for E-Commerce

August 1, 2003
Author(s)
Yun Peng, Y Zou, X Luan, Nenad Ivezic, Albert T. Jones
We describe a research project on resolving semantic differences for multi-agent systems (MAS) in electronic commerce. The approach can be characterized as follows: (1) agents in a MAS may have their own specific ontologies defined on top of a shared base

Manufacturing Interoperability

May 1, 2003
Author(s)
Steven R. Ray, Albert T. Jones
As manufacturing and commerce become ever more global in nature, companies are increasingly dependent upon the efficient and effective exchange of information with their partners, wherever they may be. Leading manufacturers rely upon computers to perform

Toward a Real-time Scheduler and Controller for Semiconductor Fabrication Systems

April 1, 2003
Author(s)
Hyeung-Sik Min, Albert T. Jones, Yuehwern Yih
The complexity of a semiconductor fabrication system is high because of complicated product flows, uncertain operation times, variable yields, changing products, and evolving technologies. Effective scheduling, which attempts (1) to predict accurately the

On Information and Performance of Complex Manufacturing Systems

February 1, 2003
Author(s)
Albert W. Jones, Larry H. Reeker, A S. Deshmukh
This paper makes several critical points related to the intrinsic relationship between information and performance in complex, dynamic systems. Using a manufacturing enterprise as an example, we highlight the co-dependence of information and decision

Information: A Key to Supply Chain Performance

December 1, 2002
Author(s)
Albert W. Jones, Larry H. Reeker, A S. Deshmukh
This paper makes serveral critical points related to the intrinsic nature of the relationship between information and performance in supply chains. It highlights the co-dependence of information and supply-chain management decisions, stresses the impact of

An Architecture for a Generic Data-Driven Machine Shop Simulator

October 1, 2002
Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Albert T. Jones, Yung-Tsun Lee, Frank H. Riddick
In most cases, the effort required to develop a meaningful simulation for a small machine shop exceeds the resources available. Small shops typically do not have staff with appropriate technical qualifications required to develop custom simulations of

A New Classification of Information: A Step on the Road to Interpretability

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Larry H. Reeker, Albert W. Jones
Complex systems, such as manufacturing supply chains, are often modeled as a collection of interacting components with information flows between them. These components are frequently responsible for making a wide range of decisions that are implemented

A New Classification of Information: A Step on the Road to Interoperability

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Larry H. Reeker
Complex systems, such as manufacturing supply chains, are often modeled as a collection of interacting components with information flows between them. These components are frequently responsible for making a wide range of decisions that are implemented

Measuring the Impact of Information on Complex Systems

June 1, 2002
Author(s)
Larry H. Reeker, Albert W. Jones
The application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing and other areas of human endeavor characterized the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. Measurement contributed in many ways to the increasing economic influence of these machines

Measuring the Impact of Information on Complex Systems

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Larry H. Reeker
The application of power-driven machinery to manufacturing and other areas of human endeavor characterized the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. Measurement contributed in many ways to the increasing economic influence of these machines