@conference {
	title = {Integrated Product and Process Design of Microwave Modules Using AI Planning and Integer Programming},
	author = {Nau, Dana S., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Chowdhury, Abdur., Lin, Edward., Meyer, Jeff., Rajamani, Ravi., Splain, John., Trichur, Vinai.},
	year = {2001},
	month = {01/2001},
	abstract = {A This paper describes the process planning techniques we developed for use in an Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) tool for the design and manufacture of microwave transmit/receive modules. Given a collection of data about the design of a microwave module, the IPPD tool uses a combination of AI planning and optimization-based tradeoff analysis to produce a collection of alternative designs and alternative process plans that have Pareto optimal values for manufacturing and purchasing lead time, process yield, cost, and number of suppliers. The IPPD tool provides facilities to enable the user to generate and examine these Pareto optimal alternatives in real time, in order to provide immediate feedback on how to modify the design to improve its cost and productivity.},
	booktitle = {4th Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, Kluwer Academic Publishers,},
	pages = {pp.186-196.}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrating AI Planning and Integer Programming for Use in Integrated Product and Process Design},
	author = {Nau, Dana S., Meyer, Jeff., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Chowdhury, Abdur., Lin, Edward., Rajamani, Ravi., Splain, John., Trichur, Vinai.},
	year = {2000},
	month = {01/2000},
	abstract = {This paper describes an Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) tool for the design and manufacture of microwave transmit/receive modules. The tool, which was developed as part of a contract with Northrop Grumman, was designed to combine high performance, ease of understandability by manufacturing personnel, ease of maintenance, and integration with other systems. It uses AI planning to generate process-plan elements, IP tradeoff analysis to select Pareto optimal combinations of design elements and plan elements, and a GUI for user control of the system{\textquoteright}s operation.},
	address = {Austin, Texas},
	booktitle = {2000 AAAI Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques for Combinatorial Optimization}
}
@conference {
	title = {Process Planning in Microwave Module Production},
	author = {Meyer, Jeff., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Chowdhury, Abdur., Lin, Edward., Nau, Dana S., Rajamani, Ravi., Trichur, Vinai.},
	year = {1998},
	month = {08/1998},
	abstract = {This paper describes the development of a process planning module for an integrated production and process design (IPPD) tool which automates the design and manufacture of microwaves modules. Specifically, this paper presents a process template that is used to interface with multiobjective optimization techniques to create a planner that can consider alternative designs based on process yields, cost, and manufacturing and purchasing lead tiems. The integrations of the planner and the tradeoff optimization modules provides the designer immediate feedback on cost and productivity through generation and evaluation of alternative designs early in the design state.},
	address = {Albuquerque, New Mexico},
	booktitle = {SIGMAN: Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing: State of the Art and State of Practice},
	pages = {pp. 120-126}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrated Management of Large Satellite-Terrestrial Networks},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Roussopoulos, Nick., Jang, Kap D., Stathatos, Kostas., Valluri, Jaibharat.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {11/1997},
	abstract = {Hybrid communication networks provide an economically feasible and technologically efficient means to implement the global information infrastructure. The management of such heterogeneous networks is a critical market differentiator for telecommunications companies and a formidable technical task. In this paper we describe our efforts in the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communications Networks, to design and implement an integrated network management system for such networks. The major accomplishments to date are the design and implement an integrated network management system for such networks. The major accomplishments to date are the design and implementations of an object oriented data model for hybrid networks consisting of satellite networks and terrestrial ATM networks; the extension of the system to hybrid networks with as many as 300,000 nodes; the development of browsing graphical tools so that mesh-connected graph networks (as opposed to tree networks) can be efficiently queried; specifically designed graphical widgets for displaying performance data continuously from the network management information database (MIB); extensions of the GUI to distributed operation including appropriate designs for consistency and concurrency between the GUI display and the network MIB;~storage and organization issues for performance data in the MIB; integration of configuration management and performancce management.},
	address = {Monterey, CA},
	booktitle = {MILCOM \&rsquo;97},
	pages = {383-387}
}
@conference {
	title = {Automated Network Fault Management},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Gupta, Sandeep., Viswanathan, P., Shah, Parthiv.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {11/1997},
	abstract = {Future military communication will have a mixture of backbone terrestrial, sattelite and wireless terrestrial networks. The speeds of these networks vary and they are very heterogeneous. As networks become faster, it is not enough to do reactive fault management. Our approach combines proactive and reactive fault management. Proactive fault management is implemented by dynamic and adaptive routing. Reactive fault management is implented by a combination of a neural network and an expert system. The system has been developed for the X.25 protocol. Several fault scenarios were modeled and included in the study: reduced switch capacity, increased packet gneration rate of a certain application, disabled switch in the X.25 cloud, disabled links. We also modeled occurence of alarms including severity of the problem, location of the event and a threshold. To detect and identify faults we use both numerical data associated with the perfomance objects (attributes) in the MIB as well as SNMP traps (alarms). Simulation experiments have been performed in order to understand the convergence of the algorithms, the training of the neural networks involved and the G2/NeurOn-Line software environment and MIB design.},
	address = {Monterey, CA},
	booktitle = {MILCOM \&rsquo;97},
	pages = {pp. 1244- 1250}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrated Product and Process Design Environment Tool for Manufacturing T/R Modules},
	author = {Karne, Ramesh K., Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Bashyam, Sridhar., Kebede, Abraham., Williams, James T., Trichur, Vinai., Karir, Manish., Lai, Hsing-Tsu., Dandekar, Swati V.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {08/1997},
	abstract = {We present a decision making assistant tool for integrated product and process design environment for manufacturing applications. Specifically, we target microwave modules which use Electro-mechanical components and require optimal solutions to reduce cost, improve quality, and gain leverage in time to market the product. This tool will assist the product and process designer to improve their productivity and also enable to cooperate and coordinate their designs through a common design interface. We consider a multiobjective optimization model that determines components and processes for a given conceptual designs for microwave modules. This model outputs a set of solutions that are Pareto optimal with respect to cost, quality, and other metrics. In addition, we identify system integration issues for manufacturing applications~and propose an architecture which will serve as a building block to our continuing research in virtual manufacturing applications.},
	address = {Montreal, Canada},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Association of Management 15th Annual International Conference}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrating Tradeoff Analysis and Plan-Based Evaluation of Designs for Microwave Modules},
	author = {Trichur, Vinai., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Hebbar, Kiran., Minis, Ioannis., Nau, Dana S., Smith, Stephen J J.},
	year = {1996},
	month = {10/1996},
	abstract = {In this paper, we describe our current work towards the integration and enhancement of the capabilities of EDAPS and EXTRA. We integrate EXTRA{\textquoteright}s functionality with the intiial design step of EDAPS. In the resultant system, the user, supported by an enhanced tradeoff analysis capability, can select and describe a promising preliminary design and process plan based on the analysis of a variety of alternatives from both an electrical and mechanical perspective. This preliminary design is then subjected to further analysis and refinement using existing EDAPS capabilities. In addition to the integration of these two systems, specific new functions have been developed, including tradeoff analysis over a much broader set of criteria, and the ability of the tradeoff module to query the process planner to determine costs of individual options.},
	address = {Troy},
	booktitle = {Conference on Agile and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems}
}
@conference {
	title = {Hybrid Network Management},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Karne, Ramesh K., Kelley, Steve., Jang, Kap D., Plaisant, Catherine., Roussopoulos, Nick., Stathatos, Kostas., Vakhutinsky, Andrew., Valluri, Jaibharat., Whitefield, David.},
	year = {1996},
	month = {02/1996},
	abstract = {We Describe our collaborative efforts towards the design the implementation of a next generation integrated network management system for Hybrid networks (INMS/HN).We describe the overall software architecture of the system at its current stage of development. This network management system is specifically designed to address issues relevant for complex heterogeneous networks consisting of seamlessly interoperable terrestrial and satellite networks. Network management systems are~key elements for interoperability in such network. We describe the integration of~configuration management and performance management. In particular, we describe the object~model, issues of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), browsing tools and performance data graphical widget displays, management information database (MIB) organization issues. Several components of the system are being commercialized by Hughes Network System. ~~},
	address = {Washington DC},
	booktitle = {AIAA: 16th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference and Exhibit},
	pages = {pp. 490-500}
}
@conference {
	title = {Integrated Network Management System for Hybrid Networks},
	author = {Baras, John S., Ball, Mike., Karne, Ramesh K., Kelley, Steve., Jang, Kap D., Plaisant, Catherine., Roussopoulos, Nick., Stathatos, Kostas., Vakhutinsky, Andrew., Valluri, Jaibharat., Whitefield, David.},
	year = {1996},
	month = {01/1996},
	abstract = {We describe our collaborative effort towards the design and implementation of next generation integrated network management system for Hybrid networks(INMS/HN).We describe the overall software architecture of the system at its current stage of development.This network management system is specifically designed to address issues relevant for complex heterogeneous networks consisting of seamlessly interoperable terrestrial and satellite networks. Network management systems are a key element for interoperability in such network. We describe the integration of configuration management and performance management. The next step in this integration is fault management. In particular, we describe the object model, issues of the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), browsing tools and performance data graphical widget displays, management information~database (MIB) organization issues. Several components of the system are being commercialized by Hughes Network Systems.},
	address = {Albuquerque, New Mexico},
	booktitle = {1st Conference of Commercial Development of Space\&rdquo;},
	pages = {pp. 345-350}
}
@conference {
	title = {Next Generation Network Management Technology},
	author = {Atallah, George C., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Goli, Shravan., Karne, Ramesh K., Kelley, Steve., Kumar, Harsha., Plaisant, Catherine., Roussopoulos, Nick., Shneiderman, Ben., Mulugu, Srinivasaro., Stathatos, Kostas., Teittinen, Marko., Whitefield, David.},
	year = {1995},
	month = {01/1995},
	abstract = {Today{\textquoteright}s telecommunications networks are becoming increasingly large, complex, mission critical and heterogeneous in several dimensions. For example, the underlying physical transmission facilities of a given network may be "mixed media" (copper, fiber-optic, radio, and satellite); the Sub networks may be acquired from different vendors due to economic, performance, or general availability reasons; the information being transmitted over the network may be "multimedia" (video, data, voice, and images) and, finally, varying performance criteria may be imposed e.g. data transfer may require high throughput while the others, whose concern is voice communications, may require low call blocking probability. For these reasons, future telecommunications networks are expected to be highly complex in their services and operations. Due to this growing complexity and the disparity among management systems for individual sub networks, efficient network management systems have become critical to the current and future success of telecommunications companies. This paper addresses a research and development effort which focuses on prototyping configuration management, since that is the central process of network management and all other network management functions must be built upon it. Our prototype incorporates ergonomically designed graphical user interfaces tailored to the network configuration management subsystem and to the proposed advanced object-oriented database structure. The resulting design concept follows open standards such as Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and incorporates object oriented programming methodology to associate data with functions, permit customization, and provide an open architecture environment.},
	address = {Albuquerque, New Mexico},
	booktitle = {The 12th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion/Commercialization},
	pages = {pp. 75-82}
}
@conference {
	title = {Design of the MANDATE MIB},
	author = {Haritsa, Jayant., Ball, Mike., Roussopoulos, Nick., Baras, John S., Datta, Anindya.},
	year = {1993},
	month = {04/1993},
	abstract = {A management information database is the heart of a network management system - it provides the interface between all functions of the network management system, and therefore has to provide sophisticated functionality allied with high performance. In this paper, we introduce the design of MANDATE, a database system that is designed to effectively support the management of large enterprise networks. MANDATE proposes to use special characteristics of network management data and transactions, together with recent advances in database technology, to efficiently derive its functionality.},
	address = {San Francisco, California},
	booktitle = {The 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Network Management},
	pages = {pp. 85-96}
}
@article {
	title = {Generating and Evaluating Designs and Plans for Microwave Modules},
	author = {Nau, Dana S., Ball, Mike., Baras, John S., Chowdhury, Abdur., Lin, Edward., Meyer, Jeff., Rajamani, Ravi., Splain, John., , Trichur, Vinai.},
	year = {2000},
	month = {09/2000},
	abstract = {This paper describes the process planning techniques we developed for us in an integrated product and process design (IPPD) tool for the design and manufacture of microwave transmit/receive modules. Given a collection of data about the design of a microwave module, the IPPD tool uses a combination of AI planning and OR tradeoff analysis to produce a collection of alternative designs and alternative process plans that have Pareto optimal values for manufacturing and purchasing lead time, process yield, cost, and number of suppliers. This information is intended to provide designers with immediate feedback on how to improve the cost and productivity of their designs.},
	pages = {pp. 289-304},
	volume = {Vol. 14},
	number = {No. 4},
	journal = {AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AI-EDAM)}
}
@article {
	title = {MANDATE:~Managing Networks using Database Technology},
	author = {Haritsa, Jayant., Ball, Mike., Roussopoulos, Nick., Datta, Anindya., Baras, John S.},
	year = {1993},
	month = {12/1993},
	abstract = {In recent years, there has been a growing demand for the development of tools to manage enterprise communication networks. A management information database is the heart of a network management system-- it provides the interface between all functions of the network management system and, therefore, has to provide sophisticated functionality allied with high performance. In this paper, we introduce the design of MANDATE (MAnaging Networks using DAtabase TEchnology), a proposed database system for effectively supporting the management of large enterprise networks. The MANDATE design makes a conscious attempt to take advantage of the special characteristics of network data and transactions, and of recent advances in database technology, to efficiently derive some of the required management functionality.},
	pages = {pp. 1360-1372},
	volume = {Vol. 11},
	number = {No. 9},
	journal = {IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication}
}
