1. Guest editorial

   • A. Gunasekaran

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230

2. Artificial intelligence and expert systems applications in new product development—a survey

   • S. Subba Rao
   • Abraham Nahm
   • Ahmad Syamil

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 244

3. Intelligent tracking in manufacturing

   • Alexander Brewer
   • Nancy Sloan
   • Thomas L. Landers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

4. Design of parts for cellular manufacturing using neural network-based approach

   • Godfrey C. Onwubolu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 265

5. Web-based morphological charts for concept design in collaborative product development

   • G. Q. Huang
   • K. L. Mak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 278

6. An intelligent search method for project scheduling problems

   • Li-Yen Shue
   • Reza Zamani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 288

7. Manufacturing features recognition using backpropagation neural networks

   • Godfrey C. Onwubolu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 299

8. Rapid prototyping technology: applications and benefits for rapid product development

   • S. O. Onuh
   • Y. Y. Yusuf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 311

9. Seeking intelligent product development—an integrator environment based on STEP

   • P. Sousa
   • R. Jardim-GonÇalves
   • A. Steiger-GarÇa~o

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 321

10. Interfacing geometric model data with rapid prototyping systems

    • B. Susila
    • A. Gunasekaran
    • P. Radhakrishnan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 329

11. Development of a rapid prototyping design advice system

    • Richard Bibb
    • Zahari Taha
    • David Wright

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 339

12. A multi-agent model and its speech act theory for cooperative mechanical CAD

    • Chen Hong
    • Wang Gengyun
    • Li Zhigang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 346

13. A conceptual approach to modeling the procurement process of construction using petri-nets

    • H. Li
    • P. E. D. Love
    • A. Gunasekaran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 353