Q.-N. Meng’s scientific contributions

For building quickly customized application software system on the platform of Manufacturing Execution System (MES), the problems of description, classification, search, matching and assembly for software components must be solved. The artificial intelligence frame is used to describe the software components and regarded as a storing method in component database. The search method based on inherited and related conjunction is presented to find quickly demanded components in various ones. The assembly of components is realized from the functions and semantic aspects by the agent technology. Finally, an example is provided to testify the proposed methods.

For solving problems on versatility and portability of the software in workshop production management, the platform architecture of workshop Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is presented by CORBA and Multi-agents technology, which is based on the theory of MES and the idea of component design for workshop production business. In accordance with the above architecture and their production characteristics, the enterprises can construct their own workshop production management systems based on this platform to realize rapid reconfiguration of production process and be adapted to the requirements of agile production. The platform can also improve extensibility, reconfiguration and portability of the workshop production management software.