Authors:
Stefano Alì
1
;
Giulio Cantali
2
;
Salvatore Cavalieri
2
;
Ferdinando Chiacchio
2
;
Liberina Guarnaccia
1
;
Fabio Scibilia
2
and
Alfio Scuderi
1
Affiliations:
1
Xenia Progetti s.r.l., Italy
;
2
University of Catania, Italy
Keyword(s):
Factory Automation, Information Management, Workflow, Expert System.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications of Expert Systems
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Coupling and Integrating Heterogeneous Data Sources
;
Data Engineering
;
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Organisational Issues on Systems Integration
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Asset management plays a crucial role in productive activities of an industrial factory. Several commercial softwares exist but they generally present some limitations, among which the closed nature towards integration. The paper presents the AMICO project, a software platform conceived to overcome traditional limits of existing commercial solutions. A research investigation has preceded the definition of the system; it allowed to highlight the current state of the market related to the asset management softwares and pointed out the technological enhancements which could have been implemented. Among them, it highlighted the importance of a central information system able to synchronize information flows and activities. Thanks to a centralized architecture, powerful and innovative features like a cooperative workflow engine and an expert system has been introduced in the AMICO project.