Introduction and Motivation of the Book

The paramount importance of proficient information management for the progression of manufacturing processes, particularly within the purview of smart manufacturing, necessitates suitable modeling and comprehensive examination of crucial, interacting elements. The objective of this book is to propose a framework predicated on an ontology model for the development of Industry 4.0 solutions, coupled with an array of techniques dedicated to the graph-based optimization of manufacturing data. The framework and these techniques are compartmentalized into sections on modeling and optimization respectively.