The 9th CARs & FOF Conference was the major event on the annual events agenda of the International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE). The conference was organized by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and was held in Newark, NJ, USA. from August 17 to August 20, 1993. The General Conference Chair person was Dr. Raj S. Sodhi (NJIT). The International Program Committee had Professor MengChu Zhou (NJIT) as Chairperson and Professor R. Gill (Middlesex University, London. UK), Dr. J.M. Proth (INRIA-Lorraine, Metz. France), and Professor R. Radharamanan (Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA) - as Vice chairs. The conference topic was "Manufacturing Systems: Design, Modelling, and Analysis for Productivity Enhancement". Its primary objective was to bring together researchers and practicing engineers from government, industry and academia with the purpose of sharing knowledge on the multidisciplinary aspects of computer aided manufacturing systems, product design and prototyping, machine intelligence, robotics, information systems design and management, and the total quality manufacturing.
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