Applied Research

Intelligent manufacturing systems: production planning and optimization, logistics

Information retrieval and management

Knowledge based systems

Decision support systems (DSS)

Intelligent agents

Trough our IMS projects we address advanced manufacturing science resulting in reduced costs, increased sales, reduced waste, reduced resources requirements, and others.

Topics:

• Simulation and optimization of manufacturing processes
• Enterprise logistic processes
• Collaborative virtual environment
• Decision support systems and knowledge management
• AUTO-ID - RFID - tracking and tracing systems for logistics and production

Related Projects:

MPA (Modular Plant Architecture): factory design and planning (production resources, factory organisation, planning processes).

DiFac (Digital Factory for Human-Oriented Production System): product development, factory design and evaluation, workforce training.

Traser (Identity Based Tracking and Web Services for SMEs): RFID technology

Information retrieval (IR) means finding material (usually documents) of an unstructured nature (usually text) that satisfies an information need from within large collections (usually stored on computers).

Topics:

• Artificial intelligence
• Knowledge discovery and automatic extraction
• Extracting implicit and potential relevant information
• Automated data filter
• Data mining
• Ontology

Related Projects:

SEA (Search engine agents): Intelligent agents and Multi Agent Systems(MAS)

By this research direction we are looking for systems that allow users to reuse past experience related with the process handled. We are looking to integrate ontology and case base reasoning engine for different applied topics.

• Possibility to access and reuse past experience embedded in formalized cases
• Availability of standard functions for known case definition, for validation of new ones and for defining the necessary ontology

Topics:

• Case Based Reasoning
• Ontology
• Artificial intelligence
• Experience Database
• Document management

Related Projects:

KoBaS (Knowledge Based Customized Services for Traditional Manufacturing Sectors Provided by a Network of High Tech SMEs)

VFF (Virtual Factory Framework)

RoboCup

eUniv (eUniv eBusiness solution for academic environment)

The field of decision support systems is one of the most enduring in the information systems domain. We are paying attention to different practical DSS aspects - from software frameworks that can provide decision support to new methods and tools needed for focused practical situation.

Topics:

• Different supporting tools and algorithms (ie. Brainstorming, voting, multi criteria rating, etc.)
• Negotiation support systems
• Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse
• Group decisions support systems
• Software support / frameworks for DSS
• Interactive and collaborative computer-based systems
• Specific class of computerized information system supporting business and organizational decision-making activities
• Parallel information processing
• Delocalization of decision-making processes
• Increase in social inclusion as a result of collaborative work

Related Projects:

idDesign (Intelligent system for assisting decisions in advanced product and process planning and design)

eCollaborative Decision (Group decision support system in public administration and academic environment premises for decentralization and democratization of decision making system)

eEduQuality (Quality Management System for Higher Education Based on Knowledge and Learning Informatic Tools)

This direction addresses our interest in intelligent systems and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) applied in different contexts.

Topics:

• Artificial intelligence
• Holonic systems and approach in MAS
• Logistic and production planning (simulations based on IA/MAS)
• Collaborative working
• Decision support systems
• Information systems

Related Projects:

Robocup

eCollaborative Decision (Group decision support system in public administration and academic environment premises for decentralization and democratization of decision making system)