Digital Enterprise Technology : Perspectives and Future Challenges

The first Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) International Conference was held in Durham, UK in 2002 and the second DET Conference in Seattle, USA in 2004. Sponsored by CIRP (College International pour la Recherche en Productique), the third DET Conference took place in Setْbal, Portugal in 2006.

Digital Enterprise Technology: Perspectives and Future Challenges is an edited volume based on this conference. Topics include: distributed and collaborative design, process modeling and process planning, advanced factory equipment and layout design and modeling, physical-to-digital environment integrators, enterprise integration technologies, and entrepreneurship in DET.

Digital Enterprise Technology: Perspectives and Future Challenges is designed for a professional audience composed of practitioners and researchers in industry. This book is suitable for advanced-level students in computer science as well.