IfNot: a Function-based Approach for both Proactive and Reactive Integrations of New Productive Technologies

May 1998

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 1998)

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Proceedings of the Eleventh International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS 1998)

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This paper presents an approach to functional modeling for the integration process of new productive technologies, based on a FBPS (Function/ Behavior/ Process/ Structure) representation of the new technological solutions. Our approach (called IfNot, i.e. functional integration of new technologies) includes new data processing based on a mapping model that allows the comparison of new solutions according to company internal expectations, even if information and knowledge about them are incomplete.