The Eleventh International IFIP  TC5 WG-5.2 - WG-5.3  Conference

PROLAMAT'2001

WELCOME

PROLAMAT is a well-known event in the field of manufacturing automation. As the "PROgraming LAnguages for MAnufacTuring" conference, this triennal event has been a basic meeting for all academic and industrial experts in manufacturing automation since 1969. Recently not only the original topics, but all other aspects of the computerised design and production of products and production systems from traditional to virtual ones are covered and dealt with, taking into account also life cycle issues. PROLAMAT is traditionally sponsored by IFIP. It is an honour for the Hungarian organisers to welcome again the PROLAMAT conference participants, as it is now the second time for PROLAMAT to select Hungary as the venue.
 

SCOPE

The PROLAMAT'2001 conference will feature up-to-date issues of the life cycle of products and production systems. The recent global world meets the challenges of building up new types of enterprises. These may be real or virtual, small or big or huge, large national or international, but all have the same type of goals as for example to increase user satisfaction (diversity and quality), to decrease costs and time-to market, and to take into account all human and environmental issues, etc. One possible solution is the so called digital enterprise, that may work in a distributed way, still with total integration of the different activities and processes from the idea, through analyses and design until reuse and recycling. Sessions and tracks to share and discuss views on the coming generation of products and production technologies will cover all aspects of the digital enterprise.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Chair: György Kovács (H)

Members:

Arthur B. Baskin (USA)	István Mezgár (H)
Péter Bertók (AUS)	Rinaldo C. Michelini (I)
David C. Brown (USA)	Michele Missikoff (I)
Luis M. Camarinha-Matos (P)	László Monostori (H)
Georg K. Christensen (DK)	Mark Morley (UK)
Claudio Ciborra (I)	S.P. Mudur (IND)
Enrico Ciciotti (I)	László Nemes (AUS)
Jean-Pierre Crestin (F)	S.Y. Nof (USA)
Bertrand David (F)	John Nolan  (European Commission)
Colin Davis (UK)	Stephan Noll (D)
Peter Deasley (UK)	Gustav J. Olling (USA)
Giovanni Degli Antoni (I)	Marc Pallott (F)
Ziqiong Deng (N)	Janez Peklenik (SL)
Adrian Dent (UK)	Angel Perez Seinz  (European Commission)
Guy Doumeingts (F)	Herve Pero  (European Commission)
Hans Ehm (D)	Francis E. Plonka (USA)
Jose L. Encarnacao (D)	V.M. Ponomaryov (RUS)
Leif Estensen (N)	Michael J. Pratt (UK)
Ip-Shing Fan (UK)	Kenneth Preiss (ISR)
Philip Foster (UK)	Fritz B. Prinz (USA)
Fabrizio Gambarotta (I)	Gabor Renner (H)
Paolo Garello (I)	Fulvio Rigotti (I)
John S. Gero (AUS)	Joachim Rix (D)
Fausto Giunchiglia (I)	Ferenc Rudas (H)
Hildegard Gold (D)	Malclom Sabin (UK)
H. Grabowski (D)	Toshio Sata (J)
Udo Graefe (C)	Kazuhito Sato (J)
Peter Groumpos (G)	Gunther Seliger (D)
Ramon Haendler Mas (B)	Moshe Shpitalni (ISR)
Gideon Halevy (ISR)	Rene Soenen (F)
James M. Hardy (USA)	Janos Somlo (H)
Nicholas Hartley (B)	Oliviero Stock (I)
Gyula Hermann (H)	Jose' Carlos Teixeira (P)
Bernd Hofmaier (S)	Paul Ten Hagen (NL)
Mátyás Horváth (H)	Paolo Tiribelli (I)
Gianni Jacucci (I)	Nikola Todorov (BG)
Francesco Jovane (I)	Testuo Tomiyama (J)
Chua Chee Kai (SG)	Tibor Tóth (H)
Fumihiko Kimura (J)	Hendrik Van Brussel (B)
Torsten Kjellberg (S)	Fred. Van Houten (NL)
Detlef Kochan (D)	W. Van Puymbroek  (European Commission)
György Kovács (H)	Gianni Vernazza (I)
Frank-Lothar Krause (D)	Agostino Villa (I)
Peter Lloyd (UK)	Manjula Waldron (USA)
S.C.-Y. Lu (USA)	Kesheng Wang (NOR)
Ronal Mackay  (European Commission)	Richard Weston (UK)
Martti Mantyla (SF)	Michael J. Wozny (USA)
Andras Markus (H)	Xu Xiaofei (PRC)
Eugene Merchant (USA)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Géza Haidegger (H) Chair
György Kovács (H)
Gusztáv Hencsey (H)

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Wednesday November 7
 

08.00 - 09.30	Registration
09.30- 10.30	Opening Plenary Talk
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.40	Modelling and Simulation I.
	Integration of Human Intent Model Descriptions in Product Models  László Horváth, Imre J. Rudas (Hungary), Carlos Couto (Portugal)
	Product Data Management as a Key Component of Integrated Enterprise Information Systems J. Gao, G. Bursell (UK)
	Organizational Transformation and Process Modeling in Modern Telecommunications Companies  D.M. Emiris, D.E. Koulouriotis, Z. Chourmouziadou, N. Bilalis, (Greece)
	Logical Communication Levels in an Intelligent Flexible Manufacturing System  J. Nacsa (Hungary)
11.00 - 12.40	Reverse Engineering and CAD
	A Framework for a Cad-Integrated Tolerance Optimisation System  Ross Eadie, James Gao (UK)
	Integration of Cables in the Virtual Product Development Process  Elke Hergenröther, Stefan Müller (Germany)
	Constrained Fitting - a Key Element in Reverse Engineering Conventional Parts From Measured Data  Pál Benkõ, Tamás Várady (Hungary)
	Volumetric Tools for Machining Planning  Gábor Renner, I. Stroud (Hungary)
12.40 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.15	Modelling and Simulation II.
	NC Program Simulation with the Capability of Generating Alternative Process Plan for Flexible Manufacturing Ferenc Erdélyi, Olivér Hornyák (Hungary)
	A General Model of Auxiliary Processes in Manufacturing I. Mezgár, G. Kovács, G. Gáti, Cs. Szabó (Hungary)
	Modelling and Management of Production Networks  E. Ilie-Zudor, L. Monostori (Hungary)
14.00 - 15.15	Life-Cycle Engineering
	A Net Based Solution for Lifecycle Engineering (Concepts and Requirements)  A. Bechina , U. Brinkshulte (Germany), K. Synnes (Sweden), O.E. Artzen (Norway)
	Integration Issues on Combining Feature Technology and Life Cycle Assessment  H.E Otto, K.G. Mueller, F. Kimura (Japan)
	Integrating Life Cycle Aspects within Product Family Design: an Example for SMEs H.E Otto, K.G. Mueller, F. Kimura (Japan), M. Germani, F. Mandorli (Italy)
15.15 - 15.45	Coffee break
15.45 - 17.30	Process and Production Development
	Evaluation of Used-Parts Quality for Integration of the Inverse Manufacturing Process Michiko Matsuda, Hiroto Suzuki, Fumihiko Kimura (Japan)
	A Telecooperation Management System for Secure Data Conferencing in Distributed Product Development Processes F.-L. Krause, H. Jansen, R. Schultz, H. Gärtner (Germany)
	New Product Development Process: Proposal for an Innovative Design Modelling Framework Including Actors Valuation of Innovation Costs and Value N. Sechi, M. Lawson, R. Soenen (France)
15.45 - 17.30	Energy Sector, General Planning
	Towards the Workflow-enabled Civil Construction Enterprise Integration Mario Paulo Teixeira Pinto, Joao Jose Pinto Ferreira (Portugal)
	Bulgarian Experience in Use of Internet for Production and Business Applications Todor Neshkov, Julian Pankov (Bulgaria)
	Local Min-Energy, F E Based Formulation for Well-Path Design  Kailash Jha (India)
18.00 - 20.00	Welcoming Reception

Thursday November 8
 

09.00 - 09.40	Plenary Talk
09.40 - 11.20	Digital Factory
	From Digital Product Development to an Extended Digital Enterprise  Uwe F. Baake, Osmir R. Torres (Brazil)
	Sustaining the Introduction of Innovation in Digital Enterprises : Challenges and Demands from Small Medium Enterprises in the Italian Northeast Region M. Marchese, G. Jacucci (Italy)
	A Planning and Management Infrastructure for Complex Distributed Organizations George L. Kovács, Paolo Paganelli (Hungary)
	MERCI: Standards Based Exchange of Component Information to Support E-Business Applications Wolfgang Wilkes (Germany)
09.40 - 11.20	Virtual Enterprises and Holonic Manufacturing I.
	Virtual Composite – an Effective Tool of Research Miloslav Kosek (Czech Republic)
	A Virtual Glove Box for the Digital Enterprise Christian Seiler, Ralf Dörner (Germany)
	Web-based Information Models to Support Product Development in Virtual Enterprises Arturo Molina, José L. Acosta, Ahmed Al-Ashaab, Karina Rodríguez (México)
	Fractal Management Systems for Extended, Holonic Enterprises Pierluigi Assogna (Italy)
11.20 - 11.40	Coffee break
11.40 - 13.45	Decision Support in Engineering + Genetic AIgorithms
	An Ontology-Based Collaborative Framework for Decision Support in Engineering  Hauke Arndt, Rüdiger Klein (Germany)
	Order Management in Non-Hierarchical Production Networks using Genetic Algorithms Horst Meier, Tobias Teich, Harald Schallner (Germany)
	Intelligent Open CNC System Based on the Knowledge Server Concept J. Nacsa (Hungary)
	Data Access Control In Virtual Organisations - Role-Based Access Control Patterns  Péter Bertók, Saluka R. Kodituwakku (Australia)
	Knowledge-Based Cad/Capp/Cam Integration System For Manufacting  Kesheng Wang, Meng Tang, Yi Wang, Leif Estensen (Norway), P.A. Sollie, M. Pourjavad (Norway)
11.40 - 13.45	Virtual Enterprises and Holonic Manufacturing II.
	Service Federation in Virtual Organizations  Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, H. Afsarmanesh, E.C. Kaletas, T. Cardoso (Portugal)
	Functional Analysis and Synthesis of Modular Manufacturing Systems using the Holonic Theory: Application to Integrated Robotic Workcells Dimitis M. Emiris, Dimitris E. Koulouriotis, Nicholas G. Bilalis (Greece)
	A Social Actors Network Approach For The Design of Networked and Virtual Enterprises António Lucas Soares, César Augusto Toscano, Jorge Pinho de Sousa (Portugal)
	Virtual Enterprises and Security István Mezgár, Zoltán Kincses (Hungary)
	Valu.e-Networking - Taking the E-conomy from Vision to Value!  Wilfried Sihn, Joachim Klink (Germany)
13.45 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 16.35	Supply Chain Management - Manufacturing Management
	Assisted Mails Sorting and Forwarding Stands: Performance Analysis and Ergonomic Assessment G.M. Acaccia, M. Corvi, W. Ferebauer, R.C. Michelini (Italy)
	Hierarchical Knowledge-Based Process Planning in Manufacturing  Ferenc Deák, András Kovács, József Váncza, Tadeusz Dobrowiecki (Hungary)
	Supply Chain Management in Agile Manufacturing Environment  Toshiya Kaihara (Japan)
	Communicating to a Manufacturing Device using MMS/CORBA  Teresa Ariza Gómez, F.J. Fernández and F.R.Rubio (Spain)
	ERP Interfaces for Enterprise Networks - an XML Approach Szilveszter Drozdik (Hungary)
19.00 - 22.00	Banquet (Optional)

Friday November 9
 

09.00 - 10.40	Multi-Agent Systems, Manufacturing Control
	Multi-Agent Systems for Multi Enterprise Scheduling Dieter Spath, Gisela Lanza, Markus Herm (Germany )
	The Operating Models of Tomorrow Require New Control Concepts Today  Dieter Spath, Karl-Heinz Sternemann (Germany)
	Solution of FMS Scheduling Problems Using the Hybrid Dynamical Approach  J. Somló, A. Savkin, V. Lukanyin (Hungary)
10.40 - 11.20	Coffee break
11.20 - 12.40	Robotics
	Simulation of Robot Arm Actions Realized by Using Discrete Event Simulation Method in LabVIEW A. Anoufriev, G. Lipovszki (Hungary)
	Robotic Equipment for Deep-sea Operation: Digital Mock-up and Assessment E. Cavallo, R.C. Michelini, R.M. Molfino, R.P. Razzoli (Italy)
	The Fabric Feeding Management for Automatic Clothing Manufacture  G.M. Acaccia A. Marelli, R.C. Michelini, A. Zuccotti (Italy)

PRESENTATION AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

Time for oral presentation is 25 minutes. For the benefit of both the audience and the next speaker, all speakers are kindly requested to strictly adhere to the time limit that otherwise will be enforced by the session chairs.

Overhead projectors, slide projectors and data/video beamers will be available in the session rooms. (Please note: for computer presentation, speakers should bring and use their own laptop/notebook to be connected to the data/video beamers provided in the session rooms.)

Authors wishing to give a computer presentation are kindly asked to prepare and bring with themselves also slides to be used in technical emergency.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Host City

The Hungarian capital, Budapest, known as the “Pearl of the Danube”, is a bustling city in the heart of Europe, with over two million inhabitants. Its two halves are Buda and Pest. Buda, on the right bank of the Danube, has hills and valleys, and has for centuries been the administrative centre of the country; it was formerly the royal seat. On the left bank, Pest has grown into a large, busy and modern city, spreading out on to the plains.

Venue

The Conference will take place in the Agro Hotel Conference Center*** (Address: H-1121 Budapest, Normafa út 54), situated on Svab Hill, a nice, silent part of Buda, offering beautiful panoramas of the city. The nearby forest trails offer a wide range of sports and recreation. The downtown can be reached easily by car (15 min.) or by public transport (30 min.).

Arrival in Budapest - Transfer from the Airport & Railway

Most visitors will arrive at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport. The simplest means of transportation to the Agro Hotel Conference Center is via minibuses. This door-to-door Airport Minibus Service is reasonably priced (approx. USD 6) and is much more reliable than taxis.

A Railbus Service operates from the three major Railway Stations, with approximately the same conditions as the Airport Minibus.

Getting to the Conference Site - Public Transportation  The Agro Hotel Conference Center can be reached easily:

• from the Pest Downtown, Erzsebet ter (square) Bus Terminal:
METRO Line 2 to Moszkva ter

• from Keleti (East) Railway Station:
METRO Line 2 to Moszkva ter

• from Nyugati (West) Railway Station:
tram #4 or #6 to Moszkva ter

From Moszkva ter: take bus #21 (written in black!), get off at Hotel Olympia --- 2-3 minutes’ walk (straight forward and then to the right) to the Agro Hotel.

Tickets are available at METRO stations, news-stands or major bus/tram termini and must be validated inside the vehicles or at the entrance to the METRO. Please keep your ticket with you by the end of the rout /exit (Metro).

For more information, consult the map of Budapest on the Internet.

Official Language

The official language of the Conference is English. No simultaneous translation will be available.

Visas

Visitors from European countries (except Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Moldova, Russia and Turkey) are not required visas. Participants from a few overseas countries will need a visa (please check beforehand)

Insurance

The Organizers of the Conference do not provide insurance and do not take responsibility for any loss, accident or illness that might occur during the Conference or in the course of travel to or from the meeting site. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the participants to check their coverage with their insurance provider.

Bank, Currency, Credit Cards

The unit of currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF), denoted as “Ft” by the Hungarians. International credit cards (AmEx, EC/MC, Visa) are accepted at most hotels, restaurants and shops. ATMs are available at the Airport and all over the city.  (1 USD is approx. 300 HUF)

Weather

Hungary is in the temperate zone, weather in November is usually cold. Daily temperature ranges from 0oC to 5oC and the relative humidity is below 50%. However, the evenings may be cooler so a winter coat is recommended.

Voltage

The electricity supply in Hungary is 230 V AC (50 Hz).

Meals

Breakfasts are included in the hotel prices. Lunches iare included in the registration fee (on November 7, 8) and will be served in the Restaurant of the Agro Hotel Conference Center.
Coffee, tea and refreshments will be available during the breaks.

Registration and Information Desk

The Registration and Information Desk will operate in the Agro Hotel Conference Center as follows:

Wednesday 7 November 08:00-18:00
Thursday 8 November 08:00-17:30
Friday 9 November 08:00-12:30
 

REGISTRATION AND FEES

All attendees are kindly requested to register:
- preferably on-line (registration form is available here) or
- by fax (PROLAMAT'2001 Secretariat, Mariann Kindl, fax: +361 386 9378) or
- via mail (PROLAMAT'2001 Secretariat, Mariann Kindl, c/o MTA SZTAKI, Kende u. 13-17., H-1111
Budapest, Hungary).

One separate form per each participant should be completed and returned to the PROLAMAT'2001 Secretariat. Use a photocopy of the form if an extra copy is necessary or download it from the web.

Important notice:
It is expected that at least one author per paper will register for the conference by the early registration deadline
(30 September 2001). otherwise, the paper will automatically be cancelled and will be excluded from the final program and all conference publications.

Registration fees
 

	Before  30 September 2001	After  30 September 2001
Members of IFIP, CIRP	EUR 475	EUR 575
Non members	EUR 550	EUR 650
Speakers	EUR 400	EUR 500
Students	EUR 250	EUR 300

All registration fees include:
- admission to all sessions
- conference proceedings
- conference kit
- refreshment in coffee breaks
- lunches (on 7-8 November)
- Welcome Reception

REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION FORM

ACCOMMODATION

Attendees are advised to stay in the Agro Hotel Conference Center (Address: H-1121 Budapest, Normafa út 54). The special rates for conference participants are:

The room rates include all the taxes and buffet breakfast.

Important notices:
- If no credit card data is available hotel booking will be arranged after having received the registration fee.
- The accommodation fee has to be paid directly to the PROLAMAT'2001 Conference Secretariat at the registration on the spot.

REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
 

METHOD OF PAYMENTS

Advance payments can be made by credit card or bank transfer. American Express, EUROCARD /MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

Payments by bank transfer should be sent to the following account of the Computer and Automation Research Institute:

In the case of bank transfer the proof of remittance should be sent (preferably by fax: +36-1-386-9378) to the PROLAMAT'2001Conference Secretariat.
To enable the organizers to identify payments, you are kindly requested to make sure that the name of each PROLAMAT'2001Conference participant is clearly indicated on all documents.

Please note:
- payments sent by bank transfer must be free of charges for the Computer and Automation Research Institute
- the cut-off date for early registration (30 September, 2001) will be strictly enforced
- for on-the-spot payments credit cards (AmEx, EC/MC, Visa) and cash will be accepted.
 

CONFIRMATION

Registration will be confirmed by the Conference Secretariat only upon receipt of the completed registration form with credit card information or the proof of remittance. Please bring the confirmation with you to the Conference for presentation at the Registration Desk.
 

CANCELLATION

Requests for refunds of the registration fee (less 20% administration charge) will be honored only if they are received before 15 October 2001. No refunds will be given for cancellation requests received after that date or for non-attendance.
 

EVENING PROGRAMMES
 

Welcoming Reception
Wednesday 7 November 2001                 18:00 - 20.00     Agro Hotel Conference Center
(all registered participants are cordially invited)
 

Banquet (Optional)
Thursday 8 November 2001                     19:00 - 22.00     Price: EUR 40/person
Typical delicious Hungarian dishes at a cosy restaurant.
 

IMPORTANT DATES
 
 

Early registration	30 September 2001
Conference	7-10 November 2001