@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 = {Web-it-Man: A Web-based Integrated Tool for Manufacturing Environment},
	author = {Karne, Ramesh K., Baras, John S., Nau, Dana S., Ball, Michael O., Lin, Edward., Trichur, Vinai., Dandekar, Swati V., Poluri, Sridhar., Williams, James T.},
	year = {1998},
	month = {09/1998},
	abstract = {Exponential growth in Internet applications and a need for a global access for future manufacturing demands web-based tools that operate seamlessly in heterogeneous environments. We present a Web-based Integrated Tool for Manufacturing that assists designers with a variety of CAD/CAM tools through a unified user interface. Web enabled system architecture is proposed for the future development of manufacturing tools. Design issues and research topics pertinent to this architecture are described. A prototype implementation based on this architecture and its current status is outlined. Finally, our research efforts in the development of this tool and some future research areas are identified.},
	address = {Atlanta, GA},
	booktitle = {1998 ASME Design Technical Conferences, ASME Computers in Engineering Conference},
	pages = {pp. 1-12}
}
@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 Product and Process Design Environment Tool for Manufacturing T/R Modules},
	author = {Karne, Ramesh K., Baras, John S., Ball, Michael O., Bashyam, Sridhar., Kebede, Abraham., Williams, James T., Trichur, Vinai., Karir, Manish., Lai, Hsing-Tsu., Dandekar, Swati V.},
	year = {1997},
	month = {09/1997},
	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 integrations issues for manufacturing applications, and propose and architecture which will serve as a building block to our continuing research in virtual manufacturing applications.},
	address = {Los Angeles, California},
	booktitle = {6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation},
	pages = {pp. 1-27},
	organization = {UCLA}
}
@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 = {Decision Making Assistant for Integrated Product and Process Design Environment},
	author = {Karne, Ramesh K., Baras, John S., Ball, Michael O., Bashyam, Sridhar., Townsley. Mark., Huang, Feng., Trichur, Vinai., Karir, Manish., Xie, Hui., Inbar, Asaf.},
	year = {1995},
	month = {10/1995},
	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 = {Albuquerque, New Mexico},
	booktitle = {The Symposium on Timely Realization of Affordable Military Systems Through Enhanced Manufacturing Technology}
}
@conference {
	title = {On the Selection of Parts and Processes during Design of Printed Circuit Board Assemblies},
	author = {Ball, Michael O., Baras, John S., Bashyam, Sridhar., Karne, Ramesh K., Trichur, Vinai.},
	year = {1995},
	month = {10/1995},
	abstract = {We consider a multiobjective optimization model that determines components and processes for given conceptual designs of printed circuit board assemblies. Specifically, our model outputs a set of solutions that are Pareto optimal with respect to a cost and a quality metric. The discussion here broadly outlines an integer programming based solution strategy and represents in-progress work being carried out in collaboration with a manufacturing firm.},
	address = {Paris, France},
	booktitle = {The INRIA/IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation},
	pages = {pp. 241-248}
}
@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)}
}
