1. Guest Editorial

   • Witold Pedrycz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 120

2. Structured intelligence for self-organizing manufacturing systems

   • NAOYUKI KUBOTA
   • TOSHIO FUKUDA

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 133

3. Intelligent agent characterization and uncertainty management with fuzzy set theory: a tool to support early supplier integration

   • PAMELA MCCAULEY-BELL

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 147

4. Parts loading scheduling in a flexible forging machine using an advanced genetic algorithm

   • YASUHIRO TSUJIMURA
   • MITSUO GEN

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 159

5. An autonomous decentralized scheduling algorithm for a scheduling problem in a metal mould assembly process

   • HITOSHI IIMA
   • RYOICHI KUDO
   • YASUNORI KOBAYASHI

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 167

6. Genetic algorithms in integrated process planning and scheduling

   • NORHASHIMAH MORAD
   • AMS ZALZALA

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 179

7. Genetic production systems for intelligent problem solving

   • THOMAS P. RUNARSSON
   • MAGNUS T. JONSSON

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 186

8. A tool breakage detection system using an accelerometer sensor

   • JOSEPH C. CHEN
   • WEI-LIANG CHEN

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 197

9. Grouping parts based on geometrical shapes and manufacturing attributes using a neural network

   • SUNG YOUL LEE
   • G. W. FISCHER

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 209

10. A virtual plant modeller (VPMOD) for batch-chemical processes

    • CHELL A. ROBERTS
    • MAGED M. DESSOUKY
    • YASSER M. DESSOUKY

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 223