**Meet the editor**

Engr. Dr. Faieza Abdul Aziz is a senior lecturer at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She graduated in B. Eng. (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering in 1995 from University of Bradford, UK. She had several years working experience as a Product Engineer before she pursued her MSc in Mechanical Engineering. She obtained PhD in

Systems Engineering from Cardiff University, UK in 2006. She is involved in teaching Manufacturing Engineering modules and she also teaches offcampus program for Master in Manufacturing System Engineering. She has been involved in various collaborations since 2006 and published in areas of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering. She has published 4 books, 4 book chapters and over 80 technical papers. She is a member of the editorial board of numerous international organizations. Her research interests include Manufacturing System, Virtual Reality and Human Computer Interaction.

## Contents

### **Preface XIII**


Pasi Luostarinen and Reijo Tuokko

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Chapter 8 **PLC-Based Implementation of Local Modular** 

Tomasz Mączka and Tomasz Żabiński

**Design and Development 223**

Chapter 13 **Digital Manufacturing Supporting Autonomy** 

Hasse Nylund and Paul H. Andersson

Chapter 14 **Modelling and Implementation of Supervisory** 

Chapter 15 **Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling** 

Chapter 16 **Reliability Evaluation of Manufacturing** 

Chapter 17 **Migrating from Manual to Automated** 

Chapter 18 **Stochastic Multi-Stage Manufacturing** 

Jing Huang and Gürsel A. Süer

Raad Yahya Qassim

Alberto Regattieri

Chapter 10 **Integrated Cellular Manufacturing System Design** 

Michael Mutingi and Godfrey C. Onwubolu

Chapter 9 **Platform for Intelligent Manufacturing** 

Chapter 11 **Hybrid Manufacturing System** 

Hirohisa Narita

Jacquelyn K. S. Nagel and Frank W. Liou

Chapter 12 **Environmental Burden Analyzer for** 

**Supervisory Control for Manufacturing Systems 159**  André B. Leal, Diogo L. L. da Cruz and Marcelo da S. Hounsell

**Systems with Elements of Knowledge Discovery 183**

**and Layout Using Group Genetic Algorithms 205** 

**Machine Tool Operations and Its Application 247** 

**and Collaboration of Manufacturing Systems 261** 

Moacyr Carlos Possan Junior and André Bittencourt Leal

**and Multimode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling: Ship Block Assembly Application 307** 

**Systems: Methods and Applications 315** 

**Assembly of a Product Family: Procedural** 

**Layered Mini-Cellular System Concept 361** 

**Guidelines and a Case Study 331** Michael A. Saliba and Anthony Caruana

**Supply Chain Design Considering** 

**Control Systems Using State Machines with Outputs 285** 

Chapter 21 **Real-Time Petri Net Based Control System Design for Distributed Autonomous Robotic Manufacturing Systems 433**  Gen'ichi Yasuda
