AN EXPERT SYSTEM APPROACH IN PROCESS PLANNING - CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS FUTURE

This paper discusses the findings of a survey conducted for the state of the art for expert-system-based automated process planning systems. The need for an expert system approach in the process planning function is emphasized. Subsequently, the important features and limitations of the various reported systems are presented, with respect to their part design input scheme, knowledge base representation, and the control strategy. Finally, recommendations are made for possible future directions in the research of a more efficient computer-aided process planning (CAPP) module. © 1990.