2nd IEEE / ECLA / IFIP International Conference
on
Architectures and Design Methods for

BALANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

17 June 96 = REENGINEERING

9.00 - 9.30 - Registration
9.30 - 10.30 - Opening Session
10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee break
11.00 - 12.10 - Plenary Session:

-Reengineering Manufacturing Processes for Agility
A. Kusiak
- University of Iowa, USA

12.10 - 13.00 - Parallel sessions A1, A2

A1 - REENGINEERING AND STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

-Antecedents of BPR Success in Manufacturing Firms
T. Guimaraes
- Tennessee Technological University, USA

-A Framework for Strategic Performance Measurement
P. Bradley, D. O'Sullivan, J. Browne
- University College Galway, Ireland

A2 - INTELLIGENT BUILDING SYSTEMS

-Domots are coming ! or How to manage building automation in a balanced way ?
L. Gomes, A. Steiger-Garção
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

-Supervisory control of integrated building systems: A balanced approach
J.R. Silva, R.L.C.B. Ramos, P.E. Miyagi
- Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

13.00 - 15.00 - Lunch
15.00 - 16.15 - Parallel sessions: B1, B2

B1 - OPTIMIZATION AND DECISION SUPPORT

-Multipurpose Layout Planner for Cutting Stock Problems: Implementation Issues
A. Alvarenga, A. Provedel, F. Negreiros Gomes, H. Ahonen, L. Lorenzoni, Parada Daza
-Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo,Brazil
H. Pita, L.M. Camarinha-Matos
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

-Analytic Process of State and Linear Combined Priority
W. Xiao-Bing
- University of Passo Fundo, Brazil

-A Simple Method for Surface Interpolation by Means of Spline Functions
L. R. Canali, C. L. Candiani, E. A. Destefanis, M. R. Modesti
- Universidad Tecnologica Nacional - Córdoba, Argentina

B2 - INFORMATION INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT

-Data Integration: a Federated Approach with Data Exchanges
G.N. Benadjaoud, B. T. David
- Ecole Central de Lyon, France

-Information Management for Intelligent Supervision of Hybrid Process Control
M. Wiedijk, H. Afsarmanesh
- University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I. Mazón, F. Rojas, A. Perez
- Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

-The Roadrobot Project: from theory to practice in systems integration
J.P. Pimentão, R. Gonçalves, T. Gonçalves, H. Silva, M. Vital, P. Sousa, A. Garção
- Uninova Institute, Portugal

16.15 - 16.45 - Coffee break
16.45 - 18.25 - Parallel sessions: C1, C2

C1 - SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

-The Role of Discrete Event Simulation in the Improvement of Manufacturing Systems Performance
P.F. Cunha, R. Mesquita
- INETI - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Portugal

-Performance Measurement at 2D-CAD Systems
J. M. Cabeças
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

-An Approach to Knowledge Representation and Performance Measurement for a Quality Engineering System
J. A. Heredia, I.-S. Fan, F. Romero, P. Lowenthal
- Universitat Jaume I [Cranfield University], Spain

-Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Production Lines Using the Modeling Language MOSE
G. Bolch, S. Greiner
- Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

C2 - INTEGRATING INFRASTRUCTURES

-Distributed Industrial Information Systems: Design and Experience
P. Veríssimo, S. Melro, A. Casimiro, L. Silva
- Universidade de Lisboa - INESC, Portugal

-Integration of Manufacturing Applications: Overcoming Heterogeneity to Preserve Investment
A. Carvalho, E. Tovar, J. Oliveira, M. Alves, M. Sousa, P. Portugal
- ISEP - University of Porto, Portugal

-Integrated Information System Based on Industrial Standard Protocols
P. Mariño, F. Poza, J. Nogueira
- Universidad de Vigo, Spain

-A manufacturing Cell Integration Solution
P. J. Leitão, J. M. Machado, J. R. Lopes
- CCP - Centro CIM do Porto, Portugal