{"product_id":"9780792383383","title":"Direct Engineering: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDirect Engineering: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKamrani, Ali K.; Sferro, Peter R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect Engineering (DE) is the creation of a product  development cycle into a single, unified process. The design process  in most industries is an evolutionary one (i.e., incremental changes  to some existing design). DE is a manufacturing process that seeks to  improve the design processes by providing complete archival  documentation of existing designs. It uses three-dimensional geometric  models with integrated manufacturing information throughout the design  process. DE reduces the design cycle, and the variety and number of  engineering changes. This process decreases the design cycle time,  increases productivity, and provides a higher quality product. \u003cbr\u003e  The required technologies and methodologies that will support the  development of the DE environment are: (1) product representation  using feature-based modeling; (2) knowledge-based applications that  will support the entire product development cycle; (3) an engineering  environment implemented around distributed computing and  object-oriented systems; (4) direct manufacturing techniques using  rapid prototyping. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eDirect Engineering: Toward Intelligent Manufacturing\u003c\/em\u003e addresses  the following recent topics related to the development,  implementation, and integration of the DE environment: (1) the current  scope of the research in intelligent manufacturing; (2) the results of  the technologies and tools developed for integrated product and  process designs, and (3) examination of the methodologies and  algorithms used for the implementation of direct engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792383383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-4941-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 374\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312531067020,"sku":"9780792383383","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792383383.jpg?v=1771526096","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792383383","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}