A reference model for computer integrated manufacturing from the viewpoint of industrial automation

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This paper describes the CIM Reference Model developed by ihe International Purdue Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems. This work is based on a major research project carried out by the Purdue Laboratory for Applied Industrial Control in cooperation with many companies of the USA and Canadian steel and paper industries. Both organizations are based at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. The model combines the information and control hierarchy with the data flow diagram and a new implementation hierarchy view to present the CIM system, its architecture, its tasks and their implementation. The model is restricted to the so-called automatable functions of the plant and till functions considered to require human innovation are considered as external entities. It thus offers one way of separating the computer-based functions in a CIM system from those which must be carried out by humans, a problem which has plagued the CIM field since its initiation.

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