This volume contains the edited technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. The papers collected here concentrate on knowledge strategies in Product Life Cycle and bring together researchers and industrialists with the objective of reaching a mutual understanding of the scientific - industry dichotomy, while facilitating the transfer of core research knowledge to core industrial competencies.

Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only

Selected papers from the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering (ADME 2012), August 16-18, 2012, Taiyuan, China

"This book documents the most relevant contributions to the introduction of networked, dynamic, agile, and virtual organizational models; definitions; taxonomies; opportunities; and reference models and architectures. It creates a repository of the main developments regarding the virtual organization, compiling definitions, characteristics, comparisons, advantages, practices, enabling technologies, and best practices"--Provided by publisher.

This text contains a wealth of pedagogical features to facilitate student comprehension, which aid in reviewing and reinforcing key concepts, as well as promoting problem-solving skills.