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Publication summary
Author(s): K.C. Morris, David Flater, Don Libes and Albert Jones
Publication date: December 1998
Citation: K.C. Morris, David Flater, Don Libes and Albert Jones: "Testing of Interaction-driven Manufacturing Systems," NISTIR 6260, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 1998.
Key words: manufacturing processes, manufacturing systems
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Abstract:
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As automation of manufacturing processes becomes more widespread, manufacturing systems are becoming more and
more software dependent. At the same time, the software used is becoming more and more modularized allowing for
the creation of customized systems consisting in large part of pre-existing components. This combination of factors leads
to considerable flexibility for manufacturing systems, but not without a cost. The reliability of those systems is uncertain
due to the lack of experience in how to test such systems. To address this need the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's Manufacturing Systems Integration Division has undertaken a study of how to test "interaction-driven
manufacturing systems." This paper contains an analysis of both the problem space and the solution space for testing
these systems and is the first outcome of that study.
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