Computer-Based Automation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Computer-Aided Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Automatic Generation of Knowledge Base from Electronic Diagrams for Computer-Aided Design

      • Julius T. Tou, Jack M. Cheng

      Pages 3-36

   3. CAD Application on PC Board Design

      • Chung-Jye Chang

      Pages 37-57

   4. SPICE-2P: A SPICE-2 Incorporated with a Partition Scheme

      • Chung Len Lee, Wen Zen Shen, Ching An Liaw, Chein Wei Jen

      Pages 59-71

   5. A CAD Program for VLSI Placement and Routing

      • J. Y. Lee, J. M. Jou, H. T. Nian, C. Y. Chang, H. C. Wu

      Pages 73-94

   6. BRUTUS: An Interactive Graphic Editor for IC Layout

      • K. A. Hwang, D. C. Liu, C. C. Lin

      Pages 95-117

   7. PLAMG: An Automatic PLA Minimizer and Generator for VLSI System Design

      • Cheng Chen, Wen Zen Shen, Young-Li Lee, Li-Wen Shih, Yeh Jian Liang

      Pages 119-138

   8. CAD of Truss Structures by the Interactive Simplex Method

      • Vilas Wuwongse, Mahendra Narayan Nagraj

      Pages 139-151

   9. Low Cost CAD/CAM System for Machine Parts

      • W. B. Ngai, Y. K. Chan

      Pages 153-168

   10. Computer-Assisted Methods for Defining 3D Geometric Structure of Mechanical Parts

       • Z. Chen, D. B. Perng

       Pages 169-202

   11. Computer-Aided Finite Element Analysis: Interfacing Symbolic and Numerical Computational Techniques

       • Paul S. Wang

       Pages 203-212

   12. A Theoretical Proposal for a CASD System Extending Jackson’s Method for Program Construction

       • C. J. Lucena, R. C. B. Martins, P. A. S. Veloso, D. D. Cowan

       Pages 213-241

3. Robotics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Coordinating Multiple Robot Arms to Increase Productivity

      • John Roach, Paul Montague

      Pages 245-265

   3. Design of a Computer Aided Robot Design System

      • Linfu Cheng

      Pages 267-286

   4. A CAD Tool for the Kinematic Design of Robot Manipulators

      • Chi-haur Wu

      Pages 287-302

4. Computer Vision and Image Processing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303

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   2. A Graph-Theoretic Approach to 3-D Object Recognition and Estimation of Position and Orientation

      • E. K. Wong, K. S. Fu

      Pages 305-343

   3. Industrial Computer Vision

      • R. C. Gonzalez

      Pages 345-385

It has been recognized that productivity improvement is an important issue of the 80' s. It is regarded as the most efficient way to improve national economy and to enrich the quality of life. The key to productivity improvement is advanced automation, especially computer-integrated automation for engineering design and office operations as well as manufacturing processes. This is the theme of 1983 International Conference on Advanced Automation, ICAA-83. This book contains the articles which are the revised and updated version of the papers presented at the ICAA-83 Conference. Traditionally, automation is synonymous with mechanization; but this Conference has treated automation from a different point of view. We consider automation as a process to unify various automated information processing systems for performing business, administration, design, engineering and manufacturing functions, in addition to the traditional fixed automation in production. In other words, design automation and office automation form an inte­ gral part of factory automation to accomplish comprehensive computer-integrated manufacturing and production. In engineering and manufacturing today, quality design and high productivity are synonymous with the use of computers, robots, expert systems, and other computer-based technologies. The greater the degree of computer-based automation exploited and implemented, the greater a nation's ability to survive in tomorrow's extremely competitive world market.

• Processing
• VLSI
• automation
• computer
• computer vision
• computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
• construction
• database
• image processing
• layout
• networks
• programming
• programming language
• robot
• robotics

• Automatic Generation of Knowledge Base from Electronic Diagrams for Computer-Aided Design, Center for Information Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  Julius T. Tou

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