ADVANCES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY XIV

Contains papers from a September 2000 conference, in sections on business process re-engineering, computer-aided manufacture, concurrent engineering, design for manufacture, industrial case studies, manufacturing systems, manufacturing management, manufacturing processes, performance measures, test and evaluation, and total quality management. Some topics include an artificial intelligent system for selecting grinding parameters for superalloys, the use of information systems in fault diagnosis, investigating the performance of adhesive joints using statistical analysis, and determining capability indices with small samples. Perryman is head of the School of Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of East London. Ellis is professor of engineering and dean of the faculty of Design, Engineering, and the Built Environment. Lacks a subject index. Distributed by ASME. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)