In the last few years, Industrial Information Integration Engineering (IIIE) has attracted much
attention by the information and communications technology (ICT) community. However …

During recent years, globalization has had an impact on the competitive capacity of
industries, forcing them to integrate their productive processes with other, geographically …

The rapid changes in today's socio-economic and technological environment in which the
enterprises operate necessitate the identification of new requirements that address both …

An effective representation of additive manufacturing (AM) data is important for ensuring the
repeatability of AM processes and the reproducibility of AM parts. Recently, several …

In the last years, attention has been devoted to the development of ontologies, which are ICT
conceptual models allowing a formal and shared representation of a particular domain of …

Abstract Maintenance and Industrial Asset Management (AM) are fundamental business
processes in guaranteeing the availability of physical assets at minimum risk and cost, while …

Many different worldwide initiatives are promoting the transformation from machine
dominant manufacturing to digital manufacturing. Thus, to achieve a successful …

The manufacturing industry has been challenged to find new technologies solutions to
improve their manufacturing systems to meet new customise product while ensuring high …

The proposed approach in the paper is dedicated to enrichment of CAD models storage in
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) systems or archive databases. The paper considers …

Recent advances in design techniques promote the development of concurrent engineering
to reduce the time and cost of the design cycle. This is particularly necessary for mechatronic …