Expert Systems Applied to Computer Integrated Manufacturing

With the mentioned subject two problem areas will be discussed; two substantial challenges which will also be of great concern over the next decade. For this reason, both of the problems will be sketched in a more concise form in the next paragraph. This explanation will likewise serve in the further clarification of both notions, which will be worked with. In the third chapter it will then be illustrated why expert systems, or more correctly formulated, knowledge based systems can make a promising contribution on many levels to the solution of problems in the area of computer integrated manufacturing.