Process Modeling and Optimization in Modern Manufacturing
暫譯: 現代製造中的流程建模與優化

這本書涵蓋了各種現代製造過程的建模與優化，例如先進加工、混合製造和增材製造，並包括這些領域相關的案例研究。書中詳細介紹了智能製造、混合製造、3D 列印、過程建模與特徵化、優化等多個領域。本書的重點在於人工神經網絡、有限元素分析、螢火蟲/遺傳演算法、粒子群、模糊基技術等主要的優化與建模技術。

特色：
- 提供對現代製造過程建模與優化前景的深入研究。
- 詳細概述不同的進化與生物啟發的優化技術及其實施。
- 逐步解釋如何使用機器學習來提升現代製造過程中的生產力和質量。
- 討論可持續性和工業 4.0 相關內容。
- 包含案例研究和實際範例。

本書的目標讀者為機械、製造、產業及工業工程的研究人員和研究生。

Ravi Pratap Singh works as Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Prior to this, he served the Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, Punjab as an Assistant Professor for about five years and the Department of Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh, India for about two years. He has received the MTech in Industrial and Production Engineering, and PhD degree in the area of Hybrid Manufacturing Processes, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra. He is a Life Member of the IIIE, Mumbai; The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata; Ultrasonic Society of India (USI), New Delhi; ISTE, New Delhi; Additive Manufacturing Society of India (AMSI), Bangalore; and SCIence and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), Log Angeles, USA. He has published more than 180 research articles throughout the several SCI / Scopus indexed journal, including International / National level conferences. His research articles have received more than 14000 citations around the globe with the h-index of 52. He is also academically engaged with the editorship and reviewership with the several SCI/ Scopus indexed Journals from last 9-10 years.

Narendra Kumar is Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Industrial and Production Engineering Department at Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab. He obtained his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur. His research work was based on Development and Performance Evaluation of Pellet based Additive Manufacturing Process for Flexible Parts. His thesis project was the part of DST sponsored project "Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing System using CNC Machining Center". Prior to joining, NIT Jalandhar, he has worked for Bajaj Institute of Technology, Wardha. He also worked on DST/AMT sponsored project titled "development of metal-based deposition system using induction heating method" as Research Associate. His research interests are broadly related to Additive Manufacturing, Machining Methods and Material Development. He has published more than 55 research papers in international journals and conferences proceedings of high repute.

Vishal Francis is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Punjab. He has obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India. He has worked in the area of 3D printing of nanocomposite materials during his doctoral work. His area of interest is 3D printing, high-performance material development for 3D printing, printed electronics and 3D printed prostheses.

Ankur Jaiswal received the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, India, the M.Tech. Degree in Machine Design from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) Chhattisgarh India. He received Ph.D. degree in Mechanisms and Robotics from the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India in the year 2019. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechatronics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. He has 3.6 years of work experience in reputed institutes such as GMRIT Rajam (A.P) and MIT, Manipal Karnataka. He has published 21 papers in reputed journals and international/national conferences and 3 book chapters. His research interests include Robotics and Mechanical Design, Optimization, Modelling and Simulation, Kinematics and Dynamics of serial and parallel manipulators. Industrial Automation, and Smart Manufacturing.

拉維·普拉塔普·辛格擔任印度哈里亞納邦庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院機械工程系的助理教授（I級）。在此之前，他在印度旁遮普邦賈蘭達爾的國立技術學院工業與生產工程系擔任助理教授約五年，並在印度北方邦的技術教育部門工作約兩年。他獲得了工業與生產工程的碩士學位（MTech），以及在混合製造過程領域的博士學位（PhD），均來自庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院的機械工程系。他是印度孟買的工業工程師協會（IIIE）、印度加爾各答的工程師協會、印度新德里的超聲波學會（USI）、新德里的技術教育學會（ISTE）、印度班加羅爾的增材製造學會（AMSI）以及美國洛杉磯的科學與工程研究所（SCIEI）的終身會員。他在多個SCI/Scopus索引的期刊上發表了超過180篇研究文章，包括國際和國內會議。他的研究文章在全球獲得了超過14000次引用，h指數為52。他在過去9-10年中，還擔任多個SCI/Scopus索引期刊的編輯和審稿人。

納倫德拉·庫馬爾是印度旁遮普邦賈蘭達爾的B.R.安貝德卡國立技術學院工業與生產工程系的助理教授（I級）。他在印度信息技術設計與製造學院（IIITDM）賈巴爾普爾獲得了機械工程的博士學位（Ph.D）。他的研究工作基於基於顆粒的增材製造過程的開發與性能評估。他的論文項目是DST贊助的項目「使用CNC加工中心的混合增材-減材製造系統」的一部分。在加入賈蘭達爾國立技術學院之前，他曾在巴賈吉技術學院工作。他還作為研究助理參與了DST/AMT贊助的項目「使用感應加熱方法的金屬基沉積系統的開發」。他的研究興趣廣泛涉及增材製造、加工方法和材料開發。他在國際期刊和高聲譽的會議論文集中發表了超過55篇研究論文。

維沙爾·弗朗西斯目前在旁遮普的洛夫利專業大學機械工程學院擔任助理教授。他在印度賈巴爾普爾的印度信息技術設計與製造學院獲得了博士學位（Ph.D）。在博士研究期間，他專注於納米複合材料的3D列印。他的研究興趣包括3D列印、高性能材料的3D列印開發、印刷電子學和3D列印義肢。

安庫爾·賈伊斯瓦爾在印度比萊的恰蒂斯加爾斯瓦米·維韋卡南德技術大學獲得機械工程學士學位，並在恰蒂斯加爾的古魯·加西達斯大學（中央大學）獲得機械設計的碩士學位（M.Tech）。他於2019年在印度納格浦爾的維斯維斯瓦拉亞國立技術學院（VNIT）獲得機械機構與機器人學的博士學位（Ph.D）。目前，他在卡納塔克邦的馬尼帕爾高等教育學院的機電一體化系擔任助理教授。他在GMRIT Rajam（安得拉邦）和馬尼帕爾技術學院等知名機構擁有3.6年的工作經驗。他在知名期刊和國際/國內會議上發表了21篇論文和3章書籍。他的研究興趣包括機器人學和機械設計、優化、建模與模擬、串聯和並聯機器人的運動學與動力學、工業自動化和智慧製造。