Guest editor's note Expert systems in manufacturing
Development and design with knowledge-based software tools—an overview
ESPANDA: For solving problems by applying the principle of similarity
Production planning systems with AI philosophy
An integrated scheduling/planning environment for petrochemical production processes
Fault tolerance in automated manufacturing systems
Discovering expert system rules in data sets
Knowledge acquisition and synthesis in a multiple source multiple domain process context
Integrating engineering applications via loosely coupled techniques: A knowledge-based approach
NTIS section
5299121 Non-prescription drug medication screening system : Albert R Brill, Denis Sosnoski assigned to Medscreen Inc
5299125 Natural language processing system and method for parsing a plurality of input symbol sequences into syntactically or pragmatically correct word messages : Bruce R Baker, Eric H Nyberg assigned to Semantic Compaction Systems
5299285 Neural network with dynamically adaptable neurons : Raoul Tawel assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration
5299286 Data processing system for implementing architecture of neural network subject to learning process : Giuliano Imondi, Giulio Marotta, Giuli Porrovecchio, Giuseppe Savarese, Luciano Talamonti, Rieti, Italy assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated
5299321 Parallel processing device to operate with parallel execute instructions : Hiroshi Iizuka, Tokyo, Japan assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
5315509 Artificial intelligence system for item analysis for rework shop orders : Bharat Natarajan assigned to International Business Machines Corporation
5317508 Image editing apparatus : Shusaku Okamoto, Toshiyuki Maeda, Fumio Maehara, Osaka, Japan assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
5317675 Neural network pattern recognition learning method : Ta-i Ikehara, Yokohama, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
5317676 Apparatus and method for facilitating use of a neural network : Shawn Austvold, Joseph P Bigus, Jonathan D Henckel, Paul Hospers assigned to International Business Machines Corporation
5317677 Matching technique for context sensitive rule application : Charles P Dolan, David M Keirsey, Kurt Reiser assigned to Hughes Aircraft Company
5317725 Landmark data abstraction paradigm to diagnose data communication networks : Mark S Smith, Scott Godlew assigned to Hewlett-Packard Company
5319738 Neural network device : Takeshi Shima, Yuki Kamatani, Sagamihara, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
5319740 Expert system building method and system : Hiroshi Yamada, Kenichi Nakarai, Katsuyuki Yoshino, Kawasaki, Japan assigned to Hitachi Ltd
5321505 Computer scalable visualization system : William J Leddy assigned to Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corporation
Editorial: Software survey section