Title :
Using resource balancing to configure modular systems
Author :
Juengst, Werner E. ; Heinrich, Michael
Author_Institution :
Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
Resource balancing avoids the knowledge-base maintenance bottlenecks inherent in many rule-based configuration approaches. Domain knowledge is based directly on technical relationships. Control knowledge is needed only to fine-tune the configuration process
Keywords :
configuration management; intelligent control; production engineering computing; resource allocation; truth maintenance; configuration process fine tuning; control knowledge; domain knowledge; knowledge-base maintenance bottlenecks; modular systems configuration; resource balancing; rule-based configuration approaches; technical relationships; Assembly systems; Bills of materials; Connectors; Costs; Intelligent systems; Marketing and sales; Mass production; Microcomputers; Power system modeling; Systems engineering and theory;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems and their Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/5254.708433