Cyber manufacturing is a concept derived from cyber-physical systems (CPS) that refers to a modern

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

approach aiming to provide an information-transparent environment. This approach attempts to support

asset management Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of all value for which a group or entity is responsible. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as complex process or manufacturing plants, infrastr ...

, enabling

reconfiguration In discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, reconfiguration problems are computational problems involving reachability or Connectivity (graph theory), connectivity of state spaces. Types of problems Here, a state space is a discrete ...

, and maintaining

productivity Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure. Measurements of productivity are often expressed as a ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production proce ...

. In contrast to an alternative, experience-based management systems, cyber manufacturing intends to establish an evidence-based environment, informing equipment users about networked asset status and translating

raw data Raw data, also known as primary data, are ''data'' (e.g., numbers, instrument readings, figures, etc.) collected from a source. In the context of examinations, the raw data might be described as a raw score (after test scores). If a scientist ...

into risk assessments and actionable information. Key technologies include the design of cyber-physical systems and the combination of engineering

domain knowledge Domain knowledge is knowledge of a specific discipline or field in contrast to general (or domain-independent) knowledge. The term is often used in reference to a more general discipline—for example, in describing a software engineer who has ge ...

with computer sciences and

information technologies Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. Information technolo ...

. Among these are

mobile application A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch. Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications which are designed to run on d ...

s for

, which are of interest to both industry and

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Technology

Several technologies are involved in developing cyber-manufacturing solutions. The following is a short description of these technologies and their involvement in cyber-manufacturing. * Cyber-physical systems are the low level systems, like sensors and controllers. These are important for the system to run. *

Big Data Big data primarily refers to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data processing, data-processing application software, software. Data with many entries (rows) offer greater statistical power, while data with ...

Analytics Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data, which also falls under and directly relates to the umbrella term, data sc ...

is the other significant technology participating in design and the development of cyber-manufacturing systems. Connected machines raise the issue of proper data handling, processing and cyber-manufacturing is not an exemption. Customized developments in

cloud computing Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to International Organization for ...

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

and

predictive analytics Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of Statistics, statistical techniques from data mining, Predictive modelling, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or other ...

are applicable in cyber-manufacturing.

Development

In 2013, the

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in the

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has issued a proposal solicitation subjected for cyber-manufacturing.

References

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Technology

Development

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