Configuration
Papers from the AAAI Workshop
Boi Faltings, Eugene C. Freuder, Gerhard Friedrich, and Alexander Felfernig, Program Cochairs
Technical Report WS-99-05 published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California
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Contents
Product Models and Reusability / 1
Frank Feldkamp, Michael Heinrich, and Klaus Dieter Meyer-Gramann, DaimlerChrysler AG, Research and Technology, Berlin, Germany
Modeling for Parametric System-Level Design Optimization / 5
Ravi Kapadia, Vanderbilt University, Computer Science Department, Nashville, TN
Requirements for Configuring Complex Software-Based Systems / 11
Christian Kühn, DaimlerChrysler AG, Research and Technology, Stuttgart, Germany
ConStruct: Combining Concept Languages with a Model of Configuration Processes / 17
Harald Meyer auf'm Hofe, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Kaiserslautern, Germany
Towards a Configuration Specification Language Based on Constraints Logic Programming / 23
Mahmoud Rafea, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems (CLAES)
Knowledge Acquisition for Configuration Tasks: The EXPECT Approach / 29
Surya Ramachandran, Yolanda Gil, USC Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, CA
Consistency-Based Configuration / 35
Gerhard Friedrich, Universität Klagenfurt, Produktionsinformatik, Klagenfurt, Austria Markus Stumptner, Technische Universität Wien, Abteilung für Datenbanken und Expertensysteme, Wien, Austria
Consistency Based Diagnosis of Configuration Knowledge-Bases / 41
Alexander Felfernig, Gerhard Friedrich, and Dietmar Jannach, Universität Klagenfurt, Produktionsinformatik, Klagenfurt, Austria, Markus Stumptner, Technische Universität Wien, Abteilung für Datenbanken und Expertensysteme, Wien, Austria
Reconfiguration of Technical Products Using ConBaCon / 48
U. John and U. Geske, GMD FIRST, Research Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology, Berlin, Germany
Knowledge Growing Old in Reconfiguration Context / 54
Ingo Kreuz, DaimlerChrysler AG, Research and Technology, Stuttgart, Germany Dieter Roller, University of Stuttgart, Graphical Engineering Systems Dept. , Stuttgart, Germany
Framework and Conceptual Model for Reconfiguration / 59
Tomi Männistö, Timo Soininen, Juha Tiihonen, and Reijo Sulonen, Helsinki University of Technology, TAI Research Centre and Laboratory of Information Processing Science, Finland
The Goldilocks Problem / 65
Tudor Hulubei and Eugene C. Freuder, University of New Hampshire, Department of Computer Science, Durham, NH
Destructive Problem Solving - a Novel Approach to Configuring / 70
Werner E. Juengst, Freightliner Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Structural Constraint Satisfaction / 76
Alexander Nareyek, GMD FIRST, Research Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology, Berlin, Germany
Optimization Methods for Constraint Resource Problems / 83
Daniel Sabin and Eugene C. Freuder, University of New Hampshire, Department of Computer Science, Durham, NH
Detecting and Resolving Inconsistency and Redundancy in Conditional Constraint Satisfaction Problems / 90
Mihaela Sabin and E. C. Freuder, University of New Hampshire, Department of Computer Science, Durham, NH
Dynamic Constraint Satisfaction in Configuration / 95
Timo Soininen, Helsinki University of Technology, TAI Research Centre, Finland Esther Gelle, ABB Corporate Research AG, Baden, Switzerland
From CSP to Configuration Problems / 101
Mathieu Veron, Access Productique, France Hélène Fargier, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France Michel Aldanondo, Centre de Genie Industriel, France
Requirements for Configurer Tests: A Position Statement / 107
David C. Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Artificial Intelligence in Design Research Group, Worcester, MA
Overview of Configurators as Effective Tools for Corporate Knowledge Management / 110
Gerhard Fleischanderl, Siemens Austria, Program and Systems Engineering, Vienna, Austria
Visualization of Configurations: Simplifying Configuration User Interfaces / 114
Dan Heiderscheit and Hans Jorgen Skovgaard, The Baan Company, Herlev, Denmark
The Business Challenge of Configuration / 119
Patric Timmermans, Baan Company, Barneveld, The Netherlands
Demo Descriptions
EngCon - Engineering and Configuration / 123
Volker Arlt, Lenze GmbH and Co KG, Hameln, Germany Andreas Günter, Oliver Hollmann, and Thomas Wagner, University of Bremen, TZI - Intelligent Systems Department, Bremen, Germany Lothar Hotz, University of Hamburg, Labor für Künstliche Intelligenz, Hamburg, Germany
KONWERK - A Domain Independent Configuration Tool / 125
Andreas Günter, Universität Bremen, Technologie-Zentrum Informatik, Bremen, Germany Lothar Hotz, University of Hamburg, Labor für Künstliche Intelligenz, Hamburg, Germany
The Tacton View of Configuration Tasks and Engines / 127
Klas Orsvärn and Tomas Axling, Tacton Systems AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Position Statements
Versioning of Knowledge Bases and Configurations / 131
Andreas Falkner, Siemens Austria, Electronics Development Center, Vienna, Austria
Model-Based Configuration of Machine Control Software / 133
Markus P. J. Fromherz, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA
Value-Chains and Mass-Customization / 136
Beat Liver and Dieter Gantenbein, Zurich Research Laboratory, IBM Research Division, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
A Discussion of Internet Configuration Systems / 138
Jörg Rahmer, Andreas Böhm, Heinz-Jürgen Müller, and Stefan Uellner, Technologiezentrum Deutsche Telekom AG, Darmstadt, Germany
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