Accession Number:

ADP007098

Title:

An Application of Neural Networks to Group Technology,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BOEING COMPUTER SERVICES CO SEATTLE WA

Personal Author(s):

• Caudell, Thomas P.
• Smith, Scott D.
• Tazuma, Stanley

Report Date:

1992-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Adaptive resonance theory ART neural networks are being developed for application to the industrial engineering problem of group technology -- the reuse of engineering designs. Two and three dimensional representations of engineering designs are input to ART-1 neural networks to produce groups or families of similar parts. These representations, in their basic form, amount to bit maps of the design, and can become very large when the design is represented in high resolution. We describe a neural database system under development. This system demonstrates the feasibility of training an ART-1 network to first cluster designs into families, and then to recall the family when presented a similar design. This application is of large practical value to industry, making it possible to avoid duplication of design efforts.

Descriptors:

• *NETWORKS
• *PATTERN RECOGNITION
• *NEURAL NETS
• ENGINEERING
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
• INDUSTRIES
• INPUT
• MAPS
• RECALL
• RESOLUTION
• RESONANCE
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• TRAINING
• VALUE
• GROUP DYNAMICS

Subject Categories:

• Linguistics
• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE