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Book/Book Chapters:

Farhad Ameri, Kristina Shea, Manufacturing Capability Knowledge Modeling for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Advances in Computers and Information in Engineering Research (ACIER), ASME Publishing, New York, NY, February 2014 (Read More).

Farhad Ameri, Joshua D. Summers, Multi-Agent Systems in Engineering Design of Fixture Systems, IEEE Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Information Systems, ed. W. Zha, IGI Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2009.

Farhad Ameri, Supply Chain Standardization: An Ontological Approach, VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller Publisher, Saarbruecken, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8364-2120-1, 2008 (Read More).

Edited Books:

Farhad Ameri, Kathryn Stecke, Gregor von Ceminski, Dimitris Kiritsis, Advances in Production Management Systems: Production Management for the Factory of the Future, IFIP AICT 566, APMS 2019, Part I: 978-3-030-29999-6, Springer, September 2019.https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5

Farhad Ameri, Kathryn Stecke, Gregor von Ceminski, Dimitris Kiritsis, Advances in Production Management Systems: Towards Smart Production Management Systems, IFIP AICT 567, APMS 2019, Part II: 978-3-030-29995-8, Springer, September 2019. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-29996-5

Journal Papers:

  1. Foivos Psarommatis, Farhad Ameri, Francisco Fraile, Zero Defect Manufacturing ontology: a preliminary version based on standardized terms, Computers in Industry, Volume 145, February 2023, 103832 (open access), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2022.103832
  2. Ameri, F., Wallace, E., Yoder, R., and Riddick, F. (March 25, 2022). “Enabling Traceability in Agri-Food Supply Chains Using an Ontological Approach.” ASME. J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng. October 2022; 22(5): 051002. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054092
  3. Lu, Y., Wang, L., Bao, J., Lastra, J. M., and Ameri, F., 2022, “Semantic Artificial Intelligence for Smart Manufacturing Automation,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, p. 102333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2022.102333
  4. Ameri, F., Sormaz, D., Psarommatis, F., & Kiritsis, D. (2021). Industrial ontologies for interoperability in agile and resilient manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1987553
  5. Bongjun Ji, Farhad Ameri, Hyunbo Cho, A non-conformance rate prediction method supported by machine learning and ontology in reducing underproduction cost and overproduction cost, International Journal of Production Research, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2021.1933237, Published online: 10 Jun 2021
  6. SungKu Kang, Lalit Patil, Arvind Rangarajan, Abha Moitra, Tao Jia, Dean Robinson, Farhad Ameri, Debasish Dutta, Extraction of Formal Manufacturing Rules from Unstructured English Text, Computer-Aided Design, Volume 134, 2021, ISSN 0010-4485, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2021.102990.
  7. Ramin Sabbagh and Farhad Ameri, An unsupervised machine learning framework for analyzing unstructured manufacturing capability data, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Systems in Engineering (JCISE), DOI: 10.1115/1.4044506, Volume 20, Published online September 2019.
  8. Karray, Mohamed Hedi ; Ameri, Farhad ; Hodkiewicz, Melinda & Louge, Thierry (2019). ROMAIN: Towards a BFO compliant reference ontology for industrial maintenance. Applied Ontology. 14 (2):155-177. DOI: 10.3233/ao-190208.
  9. Michael P. Brundage, Thurston Sexton, Melinda Hodkiewicz, KC Morris, Jorge Arinez, Farhad Ameri, Jun Ni, and Guoxian Xiao, Where Do We Start? Guidance for Technology Implementation in Maintenance Management for Manufacturing. ASME. Journal of Manufacturing  Science and Engineering,  July 2019; 141(9):091005-091005-16. doi:10.1115/1.4044105.
  10. Ramin Sabbagh, Farhad Ameri, Reid Yoder, Thesaurus-Guided Text Analytics Technique for capability-based classification of manufacturing Suppliers, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Systems in Engineering (JCISE), Vol. 18, Issue 3, July 2018.  DOI: 10.1115/1.4039553
  11. Peyman Yazdizadeh Shotorbani, Farhad Ameri, Concept-based Text Mining Technique For Semantic Classification of Manufacturing Suppliers, ASTM International Journal of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SSMS), Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2017. DOI:10.1520/SSMS20160005
  12. Alolika Mukhopadhyay, Farhad Ameri, An Ontological Approach to Engineering Requirements Representation and Analysis , Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis & Manufacturing (AIEDAM), Special issue: Engineering Design Informatics, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 30, No.4, pp. 337-352 November 2016.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0890060416000330
  13. Maedeh Dabbaghian Amiri, Farhad Ameri, Jesus Jimenes, Agent-based Simulation and Modeling for Service Allocation in the Digital Manufacturing Marke, International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems (IJATS), Volume 7, Issue 2, 2015.
  14. Hayden Beauchamp (ST), Clara Novoa, Farhad Ameri, Supply chain optimization in digital manufacturing market, International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), Volume 6, Issue 1,  February 2015.
  15. Farhad Ameri, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, Khosrow Kaikhah, A Methodological Approach to Ontological Conceptualization Based on Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), ASME  Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE), DOI: 10.1115/1.4027582 May 2014.
  16.  Farhad Ameri , Christian McArthur, Semantic Rule Modeling for Intelligent Supplier Discovery, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (IJCIM), DOI:10.1080/0951192X.2013.834467, September 2013.
  17. Farhad Ameri, Christian McArthur, Agent-based System for Autonomous Supply Chain Configuration, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Vol. 66, pp 1097-1112,  DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4392-9, 2013.
  18. Madhu Kayyar, Farhad Ameri, Joshua D. Summers, A Case Study of the Development of a Design Enabler Tool to Support Frame Analysis for Wright Metal, International Journal of Computer-aided Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4,  No. 4, pp-321-329, 2012.
  19. Farhad Ameri and Lalit Patil, Digital Manufacturing Market: A Semantic Web-based Framework for Agile Supply Chain Deployment, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing , Vol. 23, Issue, 5, pp 1817-1832,  DOI 10.1007/s10845-010-049, 2012.
  20. Farhad Ameri, Christian McArthur, Bahram Asiabanpour, Mohammad Hayasi, A Web-based Framework for Semantic Supplier Discovery for Discrete Part Manufacturing, NAMRI/SME Transaction, Volume 39,  March 2011.
  21. Chiradeep Sen, Farhad Ameri, Joshua D. Summers, Entropic Method for Sequencing Discrete Design Decisions, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, Issue 10, September 2010. 101004-1 – 101004-11.
  22. Kristina Shea, Christoph Ertelt, Thomas Gmeiner, Farhad Ameri, Design-to-Fabrication Automation for the Cognitive Machine Shop, Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 24, pp 251-268, 2010.
  23. Sertac Pehlivan, Farhad Ameri, Joshua D. Summers, An Agent-Based System Approach to Fixture Design. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Special Issue: Decision Support Systems for Collaborative Design and Manufacturing, Vol. 36, No. 3-4, pp 284-296, 2009.
  24. Farhad Ameri and Deba Dutta, A Matchmaking Methodology for Supply Chain  Deployment in Distributed Manufacturing Environments ASME  Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Special issue on  Engineering Informatics, Vol.8, No. 1, March 2008.
  25. Farhad Ameri, Joshua D. Summers, Gregory Mocko, and  Matthew Porter, Engineering Design Complexity: An Experimental Study of Methods and Measures, Research in Engineering Design , Vol. 19, No. 2-3, pp-161-179, November 2008.
  26. Farhad Ameri and Joshua D.Summers, FIXON:An Ontology for Representation of Fixture Design Knowledge,  Computer-Aided Design and Applications,  Vol.5, No.5, June 2008 .
  27. Farhad Ameri and Deba Dutta, Description Logic for Formal Representation of Manufacturing Resources, Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institute/SME ,Vol. 35, July 2007 .
  28. Farhad Ameri and Deba Dutta, Product Lifecycle Management: Closing the knowledge loops. Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp: 577-590, 2005.

Refereed Conference Papers:

  1. Farhad Ameri , Evan Wallace , Reid Yoder , Frank Riddick, AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN TRACEABILITY SUPPORTED BY A FORMAL ONTOLOGY: A GRAIN ELEVATOR TO PROCESSOR USE CASE, Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2023, August 20–23, 2023, Boston, MA
  2. Muhammad Raza NAQVI, Arkopaul SARKAR, Farhad AMERI, Sina Namaki ARAGHI, Mohammed Hedi KARRAY, (2023) Application of MSDL in Modeling Capabilities of Robots, International Workshop on Ontologies for Autonomous Robotics (RobOntics 2023), Busan, Korea.
  3. Ameri, Farhad., Tahsin, Renita. (2022). KNOWO: A Tool for Generation of Semantic Knowledge Graphs from Maintenance Workorders Data. In: Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. APMS 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 664. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16411-8_24
  4. Desavale, S., Ameri, F., Trueba, L., Igveh, O. (2022). Direct Part Marking (DPM) Supported by Additively Manufactured Tags to Improve the Traceability of Castings. In: Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. APMS 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 663. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16407-1_29
  5. Milos Drobnjakovic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Farhad Ameri, Chris Will and Barry Smith, (2022). The Industrial Ontologies Foundry (IOF) Core Ontology, CEUR Workshop Proceedings.FOMI 2022: 12th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry, France, Tarbes, September 2022.
  6. Zandbiglari, K, Ameri, F, & Javadi, M. “Capability Language Processing (CLP): Classification and Ranking of Manufacturing Suppliers Based on Unstructured Capability Data.”Proceedings of the ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 41st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE). Virtual, Online. August 17–19, 2021. V002T02A065. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2021-71308
  7. Woods, C., Selway, M., Hodkiewicz, M., Ameri, F., Stumptner, M., & Sobel, W. (2021).On the notion of maintenance state for industrial assets. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2969 .FOMI 2021: 11th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry, held at JOWO 2021, Bolzano, Italy, September 2021.
  8. Farhad Ameri, Evan Wallace, Boonserm Kulvatanyou, and Chris Will, Towards a Reference Ontology for Supply Chain Management, Proceedings of International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Systems and Applications (I-ESA), IOF Workshop, November 2020, France, Tarbes.
  9. Melinda Hodkiewicz, Caitlin Woods, Farhad Ameri, and Emily Low, Towards a Reference Ontology for Maintenance Work, Proceedings of InternationalConference on Interoperability for Enterprise Systems and Applications (I-ESA), IOF Workshop, November 2020, France, Tarbes.
  10. Hedi Karray, Neil Otte, Dimitris Kiritsis, Rahul Rai, Farhad Ameri, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Chris Will, Rebeca Arista and Barry Smith, Industrial Ontology Foundry Perspectives , Proceedings of InternationalConference on Interoperability for Enterprise Systems and Applications (I-ESA), IOF Workshop, November 2020, France, Tarbes.
  11. Farhad Ameri, Evan Wallace, Reid Yoder, Enabling Traceability in Agri-Food Supply Chains Using an Ontological Approach, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference,  ASME IDETC2020-19995, August 2020, St. Louis, MO.
  12. Farhad Ameri, Reid Yoder, Kimia Zandbiglari, SKOS Tool: A Tool for Creating Knowledge Graphs to Support Semantic Text Classification, IFIP Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) , September 2020, Novi Sad, Serbia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57997-5_31
  13. Barry Smith, Farhad Ameri, Hyunmin Cheong, Dimitris Kiritsis, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan Wallace and Neil Otte, A First-Order Logic Formalization for the Industrial Ontology Foundry Signature Using Basic Formal Ontology, Joint Ontology Workshop (JOWO), 10th International Workshop of Formal Ontology Meet Industry (FOMI), Graz, Austria, September 23-25, 2019 (paper download).
  14. Farhad Ameri and Boonserm Kulvatanyou, Modeling a Supply Chain Ontology Based on a Top-Level Ontology, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 1B: 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME IDETC2019-98278, Anaheim, CA,  August 2019.
  15. Farhad Ameri, Reid Yoder, A Thesaurus-enabled Method for Smart Maintenance Diagnostics, Advances in Production Management Systems. APMS 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Austin, Texas, September 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5_88
  16. Bongjun Ji, Farhad Ameri, Junhyuk Choi, Hyunbo Cho, Hybrid Approach Using Ontology-supported Case-based Reasoning and Machine Learning for Defect Rate Prediction, IFIP APMS 2019 Conference, Austin TX, September 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5_37
  17. Sabbagh R, Ameri F. Supplier Clustering Based on Unstructured Manufacturing Capability Data. ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 1B: 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME IDETC2018-85865, August 2018,Quebec City, Canada  doi:10.1115/DETC2018-85865.
  18. Arena D., Ameri F., Kiritsis D. (2018) Skill Modelling for Digital Factories. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0. APMS 2018. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 536. Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99707-0_40
  19. Ramin Sabbagh, Farhad Ameri, A Thesaurus-guided Text Analytics Technique for Capability-based Classification of Manufacturing Suppliers, ASME IDETC2017-67652, August 2017, Cleveland, OH (CIE/SEIKM Best Paper Award).
  20. Farhad Ameri and William Bernstein,  A Thesaurus-Guided Framework for Visualization of Unstructured Manufacturing Capability Data. In Advances in Production Management Systems. The Path to Intelligent, Collaborative and Sustainable Manufacturing. APMS 2017. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 513. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66923-6_24. Hamburg, Germany, 2017.
  21. Kimberly Talley and Farhad Ameri, Measuring the Effects of a Making-Based Senior Design Project in Engineering Technology, Annual American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, June 2017, Columbus, OH.
  22. Peyman Yazdizadeh, Farhad Ameri, A Hybrid Method for Manufacturing Text Mining Based on Document Clustering and Topic Modeling Techniques, Advanced Production Management Systems (APMS)- Special Session: Cyber-physical Technology Deployments in Smart Manufacturing System, September 2016, Iguassu Falls, Brazil.
  23. Farhad Ameri, Ramin Sabbagh, Digital Factories for Capability Modeling and Visualization. In Advances in Production Management Systems. Initiatives for a Sustainable World. APMS 2016. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 488. Springer, Cham, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, September 2016. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51133-7_9.
  24. Farhad Ameri , Boonserm Kulvatunyou , Nenad Ivezic  , A Formal Process for Community-based Reference Model Evolution for Smart Manufacturing Systems, APMS 2015, International Conference on Advanced Production Management Systems, International Workshop on Open Cloud Computing Architecture for Smart Manufacturing and Cyber Physical Production Systems, September 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
  25. Peyman Yazdizadeh Shotorbani, Farhad Ameri*, A Text Mining Technique for Manufacturing Supplier Classification, ASME IDETC2015-46694, August 2015, Boston, MA.
  26. Douglas Eddy, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse, Maxwell Perham, Jack Wileden, Farhad Ameri. Knowledge Management with an Intelligent Tool for Additive Manufacturing, ASME IDETC2015-46615, August 2015, Boston, MA.
  27. Maedeh Dabbaghian Amiri, Farhad Ameri, An Agent-based model for supplier selection in Digital Manufacturing Market, The Third World Annual Conference for Industrial and Systems Engineering, October 2014, San Antonio, TX.
  28. Chiradeep Sen, Alolika Mukhopadhyay, John Fields, Farhad Ameri *, A methodology for measuring the information content of design requirements based on their form-neutral representation, ASME IDETC 2014-34438, August 2014, Buffalo, NY.
  29. Farhad Ameri*, Stan Thornhill, Manufacturing Capability Inference and Supplier Characterization Based on a Formal Thesaurus, APMS 2013 International Conference in Production Management Systems-Sustainable Production and Service Supply Chains, State College, PA, September 2013.
  30. Farhad Ameri*, Samira Sadeghi, An Intelligent Process Planning System Based on Formal Manufacturing Capability Models, ASME IDETC International Design Automation Conference, Portland, OR,   August 2013, Paper No. IDETC2013-13286.
  31. Farhad Ameri*, Stephen Allen, An ontological Approach to Integrated Product and Process Knowledge Modeling for Intelligent Design Repositories, The 23rd CIRP Design Conference: Smart Product Engineering, Bochum, Germany, March 2013.
  32. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, Colin Urbanovsky, A Systematic Approach to Engineering Knowledge Organization and Modeling, ASME DETC Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2012, Paper No. DETC2012-71189.
  33. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, Colin Urbanovsky, A Systematic Approach to Developing Ontologies for Manufacturing Service Modeling, Ontology and Semantic Web for Manufacturing (OSEMA) workshop, 7th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2012), Graz, Austria, July 2012.
  34. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur , Colin Urbanovsky, A Methodology for Developing Manufacturing Capability Ontologies, ASME 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2012, July 2-4, 2012, Nantes, France, Paper No : ESDA2012 – 82694.
  35. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, An Agent-based System for Autonomous Configuration of Agile Supply Chains, 4th international conference on Information Systems, Logistics, and Supply Chain (ILS 2010), Quebec, Canada, August 26-29 2012.
  36. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, Bahram Asiabanpour, Mohammad Hayasi, A Web-based Framework for Semantic Supplier Discovery for Discrete Part Manufacturing, SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference, Corvallis, OR, June 2011. Paper No: NAMRC39-4774.
  37. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, An experimental evaluation of a rule-based approach to manufacturing supplier discovery in virtual environments, ASME DETC International Design Automation Conference, Washington DC, August 2011, Paper No. DETC2011-47768.
  38. Farhad Ameri*, Christian McArthur, Knowledge representation for supplier discovery in distributed manufacturing, International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2011, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2011.
  39. Farhad Ameri* and Christian McArthur, An Ontological Approach to Manufacturing Supplier Discovery in Virtual Markets ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 2010, Paper No. DETC2010-28179.
  40. Chiradeep Sen, Farhad Ameri*, Joshua D. Summers, Entropic Method for Sequencing Discrete Design Decisions, ASME DETC International Design Automation Conference, San Diego, August 2009, Paper No. DETC2009-78600.
  41. Joshua D. Summers and Farhad Ameri, An Algorithm for Assessing Design Complexity Through Connectivity, International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE), Izmir, Turkty, April 2008.
  42. Farhad Ameri* and Joshua D. Summers, “FIXON: An Ontology for Representation of Fixture Design Knowledge”, International CAD Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, June 2008.
  43. Madhu Kayyar, Joshua Summers, Farhad Ameri, and Sherill Biggers, A Case Study of SME Design Process and Development of a Design Enabler Tool, ASME-DETC2007, DAC-35610, Las Vegas, NV, September 2007.
  44. Farhad Ameri* and Deba Dutta, An Upper Ontology for Manufacturing Service Description, ASME DETC 06, 26th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA , September 2006.
  45. Farhad Ameri* and Khurshid Qureshi, Investigating Different Approaches for Front-loading Problem Solving in Product Development, In Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA , September 2006.
  46. Farhad Ameri* and Deba Dutta, Results of a Survey on Web-based approaches to Global Outsourcing in the Manufacturing Industry, In Proceedings of ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Ypsilanti, MI, October 2006.
  47. Nikhil Joshi, Farhad Ameri and Deba Dutta, Systematic Decision Support for Engineering Change Management in PLM. In Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Long Beach, California, USA, September 24-28 2005.
  48. Farhad Ameri* and Alireza Tavakoli Bina, NC Tool Path Generation Using Rule Based Feature Recognition for Asymmetric Rotational Components. In Proceedings of National Conference of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, May 2001.

Technical Reports: 

NIST/OAGi Workshop: Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing – Enabling Composable Apps, NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series 100-8 , This publication is available free of charge from: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.100-8

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