IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
AUTOMATION SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY
JULY 2004
VOLUME 1
NUMBER 1
ITASC7
(ISSN 1545-5955)
 
 
EDITORIAL
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. P. B. Luh, K. Y. Goldberg, and R. Volz
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PAPERS
The Development of an Intelligent Web-Based Rapid Prototyping Manufacturing System . . . . . R. C. Luo and J. H. Tzou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Development of an Intelligent Energy Management Network for Building Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . H.-Y. Huang, J.-Y. Yen, S.-L. Chen, and F.-C. Ou
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Port Yard Storage Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Chen, Z. Fu, A. Lim, and B. Rodrigues
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Design of Six Sigma Supply Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D. Garg, Y. Narahari, and N. Viswanadham . . . . . . .
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Development of Holonic Information Coordination Systems With Failure-Recovery Considerations . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .F.-T. Cheng, H.-C. Yang, and J.-Y. Lin
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SHORT PAPERS
Statistical Estimation and Testing for Variation Root-Cause Identification of Multistage Manufacturing Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . S. Zhou, Y. Chen, and J. Shi
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Increasing Throughput for Robotic Cells With Parallel Machines and Multiple Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . H. N. Geismar, C. Sriskandarajah , and N. Ramanan
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Throughput Analysis in Automotive Paint Shops: A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Li
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Productivity of Parallel Production Lines With Unreliable Machines and Material Handling . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers—TASE Special issue on Nanoscale Automation and Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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IEEE Membership Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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IEEE COPYRIGHT FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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