Computers have been employed for some time in engineering design mainly as numerical or graphical tools to assist analysis and draughting. The advent of the technology of artificial intelligence and expert systems has enabled computers to be applied to less deterministic design tasks which require symbolic manipulation and reasoning, instead of only routine number processing. This book presents recent examples of such applications, focusing on mechanical and manufacturing design. The term 'design' is interpreted here in its wider sense to include creative activities such as planning. The book covers a wide spectrum of design operations ranging from component and product design through to process, tooling and systems design. Its aim is to expose researchers, engineers and engineering designers to several developments in the emerging field of intelligent CAD and to alert them of the possibilites and opportunities in this exciting field.

It continues to build on the three previous outstandingly successful conferences, attracting over 300 authors from 30 countries across five continents. There were over 3000 registered delegates and guests from 98 countries participated, making it a truly global phenomenon. This volume of 100 papers provides an invaluable state of the technology review and assessment, enabling readers to appreciate developments and potential in a number of exciting fields. It is a focal point for access to information from researchers and industrial practitioners in the field of intelligent systems and soft computing techniques and their application in diverse areas within manufacturing.

"Advances in Manufacturing Technology" contains papers presented at the 17th National Conference on manufacturing Research. These prestigious meetings have become established as a national forum for the dissemination of leading academic and industrial research in the areas of manufacturing engineering and management. Covering recent developments and trends in all aspects of manufacturing, engieering, systems and management, "Advances in Manufacturing Technology" should be of interest to those wanting to keep abreast of current research and those involved in the planning stages in this area of engineering. This comprehensive volume brings together valuable case studies and covers such topics as: design and product development; manufacturing technology; layer manufacturing processes; CAD/CAM; process planning and scheduling; business process re-engineering; manufacturing systems; measurement and inspection; and robotics. "Advances in Manufacturing Technology" covers state-of-the-art research in the ever-expanding field of manufacture. Management practitioners in both research and industry who share an interest and commitment to developing and implementing innovations leading to world-class manufacturing should find this volume a valuable addition to their bookshelves.

Der 8. Kongressband der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Intraokularlinsen-Implantation gibt eine pragnante Ubersicht uber den gegenwartigen Stand der Kunstlinsen-Implantation und der refraktiven Hornhaut-Chirurgie: Schwerpunkte sind die Verbesserung nahtfreier Operationstechniken bei der Kunstlinsen-Implantation, die Reduktion der postoperativen Hornhautverkrummung, sogenannte multifokale Hinterkammerlinsen und die Optimierung der perioperativen Anasthesie, die Nachstarbeeinflussung sowie die refraktive Hornhaut-Chirurgie mit dem Excimer-Laser.
Fur alle, die an Neuerungen bei der Kunstlinsen-Implantation und auf dem Gebiet der refraktiven Chirurgie interessiert sind, enthalt dieser Band wertvolle Beitrage."

This conference continues to build on the two previous outstandingly successful conferences and attracted authors from 30 countries across 5 continents. There were 3600 registered delegates and guests from almost 70 countries participated, making it a truly global phenomenon.

This book contains the Proceedings of the IPROMS 2010 Virtual Conference with the peer-reviewed technical papers presented at the Conference grouped into eleven sessions: Advanced Manufacturing Technology; E-manufacturing, E-business and Virtual Enterprises; Fit Manufacturing; Innovative Design Technologies; Intelligent and Competitive Manufacturing; Intelligent Optimisation; Intelligent Planning and Scheduling; Production Automation and Control; Production Organisation and Management and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems.

IPROMS 2009 is the fifth in the successful series of online, web-based conferences on Innovative Production Machines and Systems organised by the EU-funded I*PROMS Network of Excellence. It continues to build on the themes of the previous conferences, and attracted over 200 authors from some 20 countries across five continents. There were 6000 registered delegates and guests from 110 countries participated, making it a truly global phenomenon. While providing a timely overview of manufacturing developments, the volume focuses particularly on intelligent engineering and robotics, and also the growing interest expressed in bees algorithms. This volume of almost 70 papers provides an invaluable state of the technology review and assessment, enabling engineers and applied scientists to appreciate developments and potential in a number of exciting and emerging fields. It is a focal point for access to information from researchers and industrial practitioners in the field of intelligent systems and soft computing techniques and their application in diverse areas within manufacturing.