ERC/RMS Publications
The research results of the NSF-sponsored ERC/RMS were published in 1700 papers during the years 1997 to 2010. Below is a list of 54 selected publications arranged by four categories: Systems (Design & Operations), Controls, Inspection & Sensing, and Machines.
Number of citations (per Google Scholar) was updated on April 02, 2012.
1. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems. Koren, Y., Jovane, F., Heisel, U., Moriwaki, T., Pritschow G., Ulsoy AG., VanBrussel H. CIRP Annals, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 6-12, November 1999. This paper, which was presented as a keynote paper at the CIRP General Assembly, marked the beginning of the international recognition of the reconfigurable manufacturing paradigm. The authors are from the US ERC/RMS, Italy, Germany,Japan and Belgium. Cited by 894.
2. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: Key to Future Manufacturing. Mehrabi,M.G., Ulsoy, A.G., Koren, Y., 2000, J. of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol.11, No. 4, pp 403-419. [Also published in the Proc. of the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Otsu, Japan, July 1998]. Cited by 428.
3. State Space Modeling ofSheet Metal Assembly for Dimensional Control. Jin, J. and Shi, J., ASME Transactions, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 121, Nov.1999, pp 756-762. Cited by 227.
4. State Space Modeling for Dimensional Monitoring of Multistage Machining Process Using Differential Motion Vector. Zhou, S., Huang, Q., and Shi, J., 2003, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 19, pp. 296-309. Cited by 149.
5. Stream-of-Variation Theory for Automotive Body Assembly. Hu, SJ, - Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 46/1, pp.1--6, 1997. Cited by 129.
6. Intelligent prognostics tools and e-maintenance, Lee, K., Ni, J, Djurdjanovic, D., Qui, and H., Computers in Industry, Vol. 57, No.6, 2006. Cited by 127.
7. Trends and perspectives in flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Mehrabi, M.G, Ulsoy, A.G, Koren, Y, & Heytler, P. (2002). Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 13, No.2, pp135-146, doi: 10.1023/A:1014536330551 Cited by 126.
8. Fault Diagnosis of Multistage Manufacturing Processes by using State Space Approach. Ding,Y., Ceglarek, D., Shi, J., 2002, ASME Trans., Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 313-322. Cited by 125.
9. Modeling Variation Propagation in Multi-Station Assembly Systems with Compliant Parts. Cameliio, J., Hu, SJ.,Ceglarek, D. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Volume 125, Issue 4, December.pp. 673-681. Cited by 124.
10. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems and their enabling technologies. Mehrabi, M.G, Ulsoy, A.G, & Koren, Y. (2000 International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, pp.114-131. Cited by 111.
11. Diagnosability Analysis of Multi-Station Manufacturing Processes. Ding, Y., Shi, J., Dariusz, C., 2002, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 124, pp. 1-13, 2002 - Variation propagation in a multi-station manufacturing process (MMP) is described by the theory of "Stream of Variation." Cited by 109.
12. Impact of Manufacturing System Configuration on Performance. Koren, Y., Hu, SJ., Weber, TW. - CIRP Annals,Vol. 1., pp. 689-698, 1998. Abstract: Traditional manufacturing systems for medium and high volume production are designed as serial lines. That is, machines are linked together one after another with. Cited by 105.
13. Linear State Space Modeling of Dimensional Machining Errors. Djurdjanovic, D., Ni, J. Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 29, pp. 541-548, 2001, Cited by 76.
14. Analysis of a System of Linear Delay Differential Equations. Asl, F., Ulsoy, A.G. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 215-223, June 2003. Cited by 70.
15. "Reconfigurable manufacturing system having a production capacity method for designing same and method for changing its production capacity" Koren, Y and Ulsoy, A.G U.S. Patent 6,349,237, 2002 -Google Patents .Cited by 58.
16. "Design Principles for Machining System Configurations ." Spicer, P, Y Koren, M Shpitlani, and D Yip-Hoi. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology. Volume 51, Issue 1 (2002): 275-80. Cited by 44.
17."Vision, principles and impact of reconfigurable manufacturing systems". Koren Y, Ulsoy AG. Powertrain International, pp 14-21 (2002) Cited by 41.
18. "Optimizing modular product design for reconfigurable manufacturing.". Yigit, A.S., A.G Ulsoy, and A Allahverdi. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. Volume 13, Issue 4, (2002): 309-16. Cited by 36.
19."Concurrent line-balancing, equipment selection and throughput analysis for multi-part optimal line design." Tang L, Yip-Hoi DM, Wang W, Koren Y. Proceedings of the CIRP 2nd International Conference on Reconfigurable Manufacturing, Michigan, August 2003. Cited by 24.
20. "Capacity management via feedback control in reconfigurable manufacturing systems." Asl FM, Ulsoy AG(2002) In: Proceedings of the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation 2002,Hiroshima, Japan, July 2002. Cited by 23.
21. Capacity Management in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems with Stochastic Market Demand. Asl,F.M., Ulsoy, A.G. ASME IMECE, New Orleans, November 2002. Cited by 21.
22. Optimal Portfolio of Reconfigurable and Dedicated Capacity Under Uncertainty. Narongwanich, W.,Duenyas, I., Birge, J.R. Users.iems.northwestern.edu. Preprint,2003. Cited by 16.
23. Performance Evaluation of Control Networks: Ethernet, ControlNet, and DeviceNet. Lian, F.-L., Moyne,J.R., Tilbury, D.M., 2001 to appear in IEEE Control Systems Magazine,2001. Cited by 506.
24. Network Design Consideration for Distributed Control Systems. Lian, F.L., Moyne, J., Tilbury, D. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 10(2), pp. 297-307, March 2002. Cited by 371.
25. Trading Computation for Bandwidth: Reducing Communication in Distributed Control Systems using State Estimators. Yook, J.K., Tilbury, D.M., Soparkar,N.R. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp.503-517, July 2002. Cited by 198.
26. OpenController Architecture - Past, Present and Future, CIRP Annals - ManufacturingTechnology. Gunter Pritschow, Yusuf Altintas, Francesco Jovane, Yoram Koren,Mamoru Mitsuishi, Shozo Takata, Hendrik van Brussel, Manfred Weck, KazuoYamazaki, Volume 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 463-470. Cited by 117.
27. Real-Time Open Control Architectures and System Performance. Koren, Y., Pasek, Z.J., Ulsoy,A.G., Benchetrit, U., 1996, Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp 377-380,1996. Cited by 67.
28. "Reconfigurable logiccontrol using modular FSMs: Design, verification, implementation, andintegrated error handling," Shah, S.S., Endsley, E.W., Lucas, M.R.,Tilbury, D.M., Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conference, vol.5, pp.4153- 4158 vol.5, 2002 Cited by 28.
29. "Integrated machine and control design for reconfigurable machine tools," Tilbury, D.M.; Kota,S.;IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, vol.,no., pp.629-634, 1999. Cited by 25.
30. Reconfigurable factory testbed (RFT): A distributed testbed for reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Moyne,J., Korsakas, J., & Tilbury, D. M. In Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on flexible automation. Denver, CO, July 2004: American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME). Cited by 25.
31. Formal Verification for Analysis and Design of Logic Controllers for Reconfigurable Machining. Kalita, D.,Khargonekar, P.P. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 2002 -ieeexplore.ieee.org. Cited by 24.
32. "Modular finite state machines: Development and application to reconfigurable manufacturing cell controller generation",E.W. Endsley, E.E. Almeida, D.M.Tilbury, Control Engineering Practice, Volume 14, Issue 10, The Seventh Workshop On Discrete Event Systems, October 2006, Pages 1127-1142 Cited by 22.
33. "Implementation of Networked Machine Tools in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems". F-LLian, I.R. Moyne and D.M. Tilbury. Proceedings of the 2000 Japan-USA Symposiumon Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI. July 2000. Cited by 20.
34. "Software tools for verification of modular FSM based logic control for use in reconfigurable machine tools". E. W. Endsley, M. R. Lucas, and D. M. Tilbury. In Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, 2000. Cited by 17.
35. Control of Reconfigurable Machine Tool. Katz, R., Yook, J., Koren, Y. ASME Transactions, Journal Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 2004. Cited by 1.
37. Hidden Markov Model-based Tool Wear Monitoring in Turning. Wang, L., Mehrabi, M., Kannatey-Asibu Jr., E. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 651-658, 2002. Cited by 61.
38. Multisensor Process Performance Assessment Through use of Autoregressive Modeling and Feature Maps. Casoetto,N., Djurdjanovic, D., Mayor, R., Ni, J., Lee, J. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2003. Cited by 36.
39. Tool wear monitoring in reconfigurable machining systems through Wavelet analysis. Wang, L., Mehrabi, M.G., Kannatey-Asibu, Jr, E.,2001,Transactions of NAMRI, Vol. 29, pp. 399-406. Cited by 20.
40. Measurement Scheme Synthesis in Multi-Station Machining Systems. Djurdjanovic, D., Ni, J. Transactions of ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, p. 178-189,2004. Cited by 19.
41. Stream of Variation Based Analysis and Synthesis of Measurement Schemes in Multi-Station Machining. Djurdjanovic, D., Ni, J. Proceedings ASME Manufacturing Engineering. NewYork, 2001. Cited by 18.
42. Reconfigurable Apparatus and Method for Inspection During a Manufacturing Process. Koren, Y., Katz, R. US Patent 6,567,162, 2003 - freepatentsonnline.com. Cited by 17.
43. Integration of Reconfigurable Inspection with Stream of Variation Methodology. Barhak, J.,Djurdjanovic, D., Spicer, J., Katz, R. International Journal of Machine Toolsand Manufacture, Vol. 45, pp. 407-419, 2005. Cited by 14.
44. A Method for Sensor Selection in Reconfigurable Process Monitoring. Wang, L., M.G. Mehrabi, and E.Kannatey-Asibu, Jr. ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,Vol. 125, pp. 95-99, 2003. Cited by 8.
45. Rapid Inspection and Error Tracing Methodology for Machining Production Lines. Katz, R., Zuteck, M. G.,Koren, Y. Proceedings of the 3rd CIRP International Seminar on..., Naples, Italy, July 2002. Cited by 7.
46. Measurement Techniques for the Inspection of Porosity Flaws on Machined Surfaces. Steiner, D., Katz, R.Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 7, p. 85,,2007 - link.aip.org. Cited by 6.
47. Reconfigurable Machine Tools. Landers, R.G., Min, B.K., Koren, Y. CIRP Annals - Vol. 49, NNo. 1, pp.269-274, 2001. Cited by 112.
48. Generalized Kinematic Modeling of Reconfigurable Machine Tools. Moon, Y.M., Kota, S. ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, 2002. Vol. 124:11, pp. 47-51, March 2002. Cited by 74.
49. Design of Reconfigurable Machine Tools. Moon, Y.K., Kota, S. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 124:22, pp. 480-483, May 2002. Cited by 74.
50. Reconfigurable Machine Tool. Koren, Y., Kota, S. US Patent 5,943,750, 1999. Cited by 47.
51. Design Principles of Reconfigurable Machines. Katz, R. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing...., 2007, Springer. NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,Michigan. Cited by 38.
52. "Scalable reconfigurable equipment design principles",Spicer, P., Yip-Hoi, D. and Koren, Y., International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43 No. 22, pp. 4839-52, 2004. Cited by 24.
53. "Dynamics of the arch-type reconfigurable machine tool", Jaspreet Dhupia, Bartosz Powalka, Reuven Katz, A. Galip Ulsoy, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture,Volume 47, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 326-334. Cited by 21.
54. Design of an Experimental Reconfigurable Machine Tool. Katz, R., Chung, H. Japan - USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 2000. Cited by 15.
55. "Control of a Non-Orthogonal Reconfigurable Machine Tool" ,Katz, R., Yook, J., Koren,Y., Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Volume 126, Issue 2,pp. 397-405, 2004. Cited by 6.
