This paper addresses the Generic Materials and Operations Planning (GMOP) problem, a multi-site operations planning problem based on the “stroke” concept. The problem considers a multinational company subject to positive and negative backlogs imposed by using returnable racks that have to be filled by end products and transported to customers, alternative operations (purchase, transformation an...

Signi cant advances have been made in the area of macro planning for assembly operations (i.e., dividing a product into sub-assemblies, determining the sequence of assembly operations). On the contrary, the state of the art in micro planning (i.e., tool selection, path planning for tool and part movements) is rather primitive. To generate a realizable assembly plan, both macro planning and micr...

This paper describes HICAP (Hierarchical Interactive Case-based Architecture for Planning), a general purpose planning architecture that we have developed and applied to assist military commanders and their staa with planning NEOs (Noncom-batant Evacuation Operations). HICAP integrates a hierarchical task editor, HTE, with a conversational case-based planning tool, NaCoDAE/HTN. In this applicat...

Future military operations rely on increasingly complex joint and multinational environments. This calls for innovative concepts, doctrine, and technologies to support the emergence of new planning and execution systems that are more flexible, adaptive, interoperable, and responsive to a time-varying uncertain environment. The ability to conduct joint operations imposes shared information and i...

Metal forming operations such as rolling, extrusion, and drawing offer many opportunities for operations improvement through better process understanding and improved planning practices. This paper addresses short and medium term planning issues in sheet, plate, and tube manufacturing operations. First, v^e identify certain distinctive characteristics-the inherent process flexibility, close int...

Planning robust grasping operations involving a dextrous robotics hand and an object located in a three dimensional workspace requires to combine two main types of techniques: a geometric reasoning technique aimed at producing a grasping strategy (preshape of the hand, grasping parameters, type of motion to execute), and a physically based technique, allowing the analysis of the dynamic object/...

This chapter discusses various roles of smart information in Supply Chains (SC) of digital age and tries to answer an important question What types of collaborative arrangements facilitate smart operations to improve planning, production and timely replenishment? We have conducted longitudinal case studies with firms practicing SC collaborations and also using smart information for operations. ...

Effects Based Operations (EBO) analysis tools are important in assisting the analyst in determining whether or not a Course of Action (COA) will meet the stated Commander’s intent and whether it is having negative, unintended consequences. Currently, assessment efforts are focused more on combat effects, than they are on overall campaign effects. In addition, current COA Analysis tools are limi...