Object-oriented Software for Manufacturing Systems

Klappentext

Introduces the benefits of object-oriented programming and discusses how the technology can be used to improve productivity in building software systems in the manufacturing domain. Issues addressed include languages, design principles, industrial applications and management aspects.

Inhalt

Part 1 Conceptual background, S. Adiga: introduction to OOS; OOS - relevance to manufacturing. Part 2 Design and implementation techniques: an architecture for OO applications in CIM environments, S. Adiga and P. Cogez; prototyping object systems and reusable object libraries, S. Adiga and M. Gadre; object-oriented databases, S. Adiga and J. Kolyer; comparing object-oriented programming languages, M. Gadre. Part 3 Manufacturing applications: flowstream - a factory floor management system, B. Lozier; OOPS in real-time control applications, D. Wilczynski and D.K. Wallace. Part 4 Management and organizational issues: management and organizational issues in adopting OO technology, A. Najmi.