Published as part of the highly successful Engineering ResearchSeries, A Knowledge-Based System for Powder MetallurgyTechnology not only looks at the latest advances in powdermetallurgy, but also presents a methodology that offers a means topreserve critical process-related know-how. The author makes thispractical information easily accessible to design engineers so thatthey can take advantage of the opportunities that powder metallurgyoffers. The knowledge-based system aims to simulate the capability ofhuman experts in solving design, materials, and processoptimization problems in powder metallurgy. This is achievedthrough use of process modelling and artificial intelligencetechniques such as neural networks. The rapid developments in expert systems in recent years haveenabled accumulated experience and knowledge to be applied in thepowder metallurgy field. This calls for careful modelling of theprocesses together with sound appreciation of both powdermetallurgy and knowledge-based systems. A Knowledge-basedSystem for Powder Metallurgy Technology introduces the readerto both fields in the early chapters and then illustrates theadvantages of the use of expert systems in this significantmanufacturing process. A Knowledge-based System for Powder Metallurgy Technologyis based upon the author's extensive experience of computing,expert systems, modelling and powder metallurgy on both sides ofthe Atlantic and represents a valuable addition to the EngineeringResearch Series.weiterlesen