Publications

• Crystal topologies - the achievable and inevitable symmetries, Georg Thimm, in "Acta Crystallographica A", 2009. Abstract BibTeX

• Paradigm Shift: Unified and Associative Feature-based Concurrent and Collaborative Engineering, Y.-S. Ma, G. Chen, and G. Thimm, in "Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing", 2008. Abstract BibTeX
• Change propagation algorithm in a unified feature modeling scheme, Yong-Sheng Ma, Gang Chen, and Georg Thimm, in "Computers in Industry", 2008. Abstract BibTeX
• Application of Neural Network and Evolutionary Algorithm in Operation Sequencing using Datum Hierarchy Trees, S. C. Fok, G. Thimm, and G. Britton, in "International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials", 2008. Abstract BibTeX

• Tolerance Transfer in Sheet Metal Forming, Georg Thimm, Rui Wang, and Yong-Sheng Ma, in "International Journal of Production Research", 2007. Abstract BibTeX
• Product Module Partition and Optimization for Custumization, Yiliu Liu, Yongsheng Ma, Stephen S. G. Lee, and G. Thimm, in "International Journal for Advanced Manufacturing Systems", 2007. BibTeX

• Using Cellular Topology in a Unified Feature Modeling Scheme, G. Chen, Y.-S. Ma, G. Thimm, and S.-H. Tang, in "Computer-Aided Design & Applications", 2006. Abstract BibTeX
• Net Topologies, Space Groups, and Crystal Phases, Georg Thimm and Björn Winkler, in "Zeitschrift für Kristallographie", 2006. Abstract BibTeX
• Associations in a unified modeling scheme, Ma, Yongsheng, Chen, Gang, G. Thimm, and Tang S. H., in "ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering", 2006. Abstract BibTeX
• Unified Modelling of Product Life-cycles, G. Thimm, S. G. Lee, and Y.-S. Ma, in "Computers in Industry", 2006. Abstract BibTeX
• A Unified feature Modeling Scheme for Mulit-applications in PLM, Chen G., Ma Y.-S., Ming X. G., G. Thimm, Lee S. G., Khoo L. P., and Tang S. H., in "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering", 2006. Abstract BibTeX

• Redimensioning Parts for Manufacturability: A Design Rewriting System, G. Thimm and J. Lin, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2005. Abstract BibTeX
• Knowledge-Based Reasoning in a Unified Feature Modeling Scheme, G. Chen, Y.-S. Ma, G. Thimm, and S.-H. Tang, in "Computer-aided Design and Applications", 2005. Abstract BibTeX

• Unified feature modeling scheme for the integration of CAD and CAx, G. Chen, Y.-S. Ma, G. Thimm, and S.-H. Tang, in "Computer-Aided Design & Applications", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• Agent-based Composable Simulation for Virtual Prototyping of Fluid Power System, Wei Xiang, Sai Cheong Fok, and Georg Thimm, in "Computers in Industry", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• Systematic prediction of sp^3 hybridised carbon polymorphs, Rachel T. Strong, Chris J. Pickard, Victor Milman, Georg Thimm, and Björn Winkler, in "Physical Review B", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• A graph theoretic approach linking design and process planning, part 2: design heuristics for rotational parts, Georg Thimm, Graeme A. Britton, and Sai Cheong Fok, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• Operation Element Based Efficiency for Process Plans and Designs, Georg Thimm, Graeme Britton, and Lin Jietong, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• Crystal Structures and Their Enumeration via Quotient Graphs, Georg Thimm, in "Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• Constraint Generation for Alternative Dimensional Specifications, Lin Jietong and Georg Thimm, in "Computer-Aided Design & Applications", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• A graph theoretic approach linking design and process planning, part 1: design to process planning, Georg Thimm, Graeme A. Britton, and Sai Cheong Fok, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• A Computer-aided Re-dimensioning System for Improved Manufacturability of Machined Parts, Lin Jietong and Georg Thimm, in "Journal of Manufacturing Systems", 2004. BibTeX
• Unfolding and Flat Layout Design of Non-Manifold 3D Folded Structures, K. Tai, W. Liu, and G. Thimm, in "Computer-Aided Design & Applications", 2004. Abstract BibTeX
• How CNC Process Plans Constrain Designs of Rotational Parts: a Rigorous Approach, Georg Thimm, Graeme A. Britton, and Fok Sai Cheong, in "Computer-Aided Design & Applications", 2004. Abstract BibTeX

• Dimensioning of Partially Heat-Treated Parts with Possible Non-Uniform Shrinkage/Expansion, Georg Thimm, in "Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, part B", 2003. Abstract BibTeX
• Alternative Design Specifications of Prismatic Parts for Manufacturability, Lin Jietong, Georg Thimm and Graeme A. Britton, in "Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B", 2003. Abstract BibTeX
• Developing Case-Based Reasoning for Discovery of Breast Cancer, S. C. Fok, E. K. Ng, and G. Thimm, in "Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology", 2003. Abstract BibTeX

• A Graph Representation Scheme for Process Planning of Machined Parts, Graeme A. Britton, Tor Shu Beng, G. Thimm, and Fan Jiang, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2002. Abstract BibTeX
• A Matrix Method for Calculating Working Dimensions and Offsets for Tolerance Charting, Graeme A. Britton and G. Thimm, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2002. Abstract BibTeX

• Controlling Tolerance Stacks for Efficient Manufacturing, Georg Thimm, Graeme A. Britton, and Fok Sai Cheong, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2001. Abstract BibTeX
• Optimal Process Plans for Manufacturing and Tolerance Charting, Georg Thimm, Graeme A. Britton, and Ken Whybrew, in "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture", 2001. Abstract BibTeX
• Systematic prediction of crystal structures, Björn Winkler, Chris J. Pickard, Victor Milman, and Georg Thimm, in "Chemical Physics Letters", 2001. Abstract BibTeX
• Efficiency Measures of Process Plans for Machined Parts, Graeme A. Britton, Georg Thimm, Fok Sai Cheong, and Fan Jiang, in "The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology", 2001. Abstract BibTeX

• Prediction of a nanoporous sp2-carbon framework structure by combining graph theory with quantum mechanics, Björn Winkler, Chris J. Pickard, Victor Milman, and Wilfrid E. Klee, and Georg Thimm, in "Chemical Physics Letters", 1999. Abstract BibTeX

• High Order and Multilayer Perceptron Initialization, Georg Thimm and Emile Fiesler, in "IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks", 1997. Abstract BibTeX
• Two neural network construction methods, Georg Thimm and Emile Fiesler, in "Neural Processing Letters", 1997. Abstract BibTeX
• The 3-regular nets with 4 and 6 vertices per unit cell, M. Bader, W. E. Klee, and G. Thimm, in "Zeitschrift für Kristallographie", 1997. Abstract BibTeX
• Zeolite cycle sequences, G. Thimm and W. E. Klee, in "Zeolites", 1997. Abstract BibTeX

• The Interchangeability of Learning Rate and Gain in Backpropagation Neural Networks, G. Thimm, P. Moerland, and E. Fiesler, in "Neural Computation", 1996. Abstract BibTeX

• Enumerating Buckminsterfulleran Isomers, Georg Thimm and Wilfrid E. Klee, in "Science", 1992. BibTeX

• Statistical Tolerance Transfer for Complex Sheet Metal Part Forming, Wang, Rui, Georg Thimm, and Ma, Yongsheng, in "M2D'2006 Mechanics & Materials in Design", 2006. BibTeX

• A Unified Feature Modeling Scheme for Multi-applications in PLM, G. Chen, Y.-S. Ma, X.G. Ming, G. Thimm, S. G. Lee, L.-P. Khoo, S.-H.Tang, and W. F. Lu, in "CE2005: The 12th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications", 2005. Abstract BibTeX

• Oxygen Saturation Profiles in a Hollow Fibre Oxygenator, A. C. Ritchie and G. Thimm, in "1st Int. Bioengineering Conference, Singapore", 2004. BibTeX
• Mass Blind Screening of Fever Patients with IR System, E. Y-K. Ng, C. F. Ong, G. J. L. Kaw, and G. Thimm, in "The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore", 2004. BibTeX
• Unified feature based integration of design and process planning, G. Chen, Y.-S. Ma, G. Thimm, and S.-H. Tang, in "Proceedings of the 34th International MATADOR conference Manchester, United Kingdom", 2004. Abstract BibTeX

• An Agent-based framework for the Virtual Prototyping of Fluid Power Systems, Georg Thimm, Xiang Wei, and Fok Sai Cheong, in "1st International Conference on Computational Methods in Fluid Power Technology", 2003. Abstract BibTeX
• Alternative Geometric Design Specifications of Prismatic Parts for Manufacturability, Lin Jietong, Georg Thimm, and Graeme A. Britton, in "Advances in Manufacturing Technology - XVII: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2003)", 2003. Abstract BibTeX

• Agent-Based Composable Simulation for Virtual Prototyping, W. Xiang, S. C. Fok, and G. Thimm, in "IC-SEC International Conference on Scientific and Engineering Computation", 2002. Abstract BibTeX

• A Generic Graph Representation Technique for Process Planning, Graeme A. Britton, K. Whybrew, G. Thimm, Tor Shu Beng, and Fan Jiang, in "7th CIRP International Seminar on Computer Aided Tolerancing", 2001. Abstract BibTeX

• The Topology of Crystal Structures, Georg Thimm, W. E. Klee, and Graeme A. Britton, in "Cecam Workshop on: Future developements in the study of structure-property relations by 'computational crystallography' and experiments", 2000. BibTeX

• Illumination-robust Pattern Matching Using Distorted Color Histograms, Georg Thimm and Juergen Luettin, in "Pattern Recognition and Image Understanding", 1999. Abstract BibTeX
• Evaluating the Complexity of Databases for Person Identification and Verification, G. Thimm, S. Ben-Yacoub, and J. Luettin, in "Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns", 1999. PostScript Abstract BibTeX
• Extraction of Articulators in X-Ray Image Sequences, Georg Thimm and Juergen Luettin, in "Eurospeech'99 6th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology", 1999. PostScript Abstract BibTeX
• Tracking Articulators in X-ray Movies of the Vocal Tract, Georg Thimm, in "Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns", 1999. PostScript Abstract BibTeX

• Neural Network Pruning and Pruning Parameters, G. Thimm and E. Fiesler, in "The 1st online Workshop on Soft Computing", 1996. Abstract BibTeX
• Superceptron Construction, R. M. Visscher, E. Fiesler, and G. Thimm, in "SIPAR Workshop 96 Proccedings", 1996. BibTeX
• A Boolean Approach to Construct Neural Networks for Non-Boolean Problems, G. Thimm and E. Fiesler, in "Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence", 1996. Abstract BibTeX
• Sparse Initial Topologies for High Order Perceptrons, A. De Pol, G. Thimm, and E. Fiesler, in "Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Networks", 1996. BibTeX

• Evaluating Pruning Methods, Georg Thimm and Emile Fiesler, in "1995 International Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ISANN'95)", 1995. BibTeX
• Gain Elimination from Backpropagation Neural Networks, G. Thimm, E. Fiesler, and P. Moerland, in "Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Networks", 1995. BibTeX
• Boolean Logic Inspired High Order Perceptron Construction, Andrea De Pol, Georg Thimm, and Emile Fiesler, in "SIPAR Workshop'95 Parallel and Distributed Systems", 1995. BibTeX

• Weight Initialization for High Order and Multilayer Perceptrons, Georg Thimm and Emile Fiesler, in "Proceedings of the '94 SIPAR--Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing", 1994. Abstract BibTeX
• Modular Object-Oriented Neural Network Simulators and Topology Generalizations, G. Thimm, R. Grau, and E. Fiesler, in "Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 94)", 1994. Abstract BibTeX
• Results on the Steepness in Backpropagation Neural Networks, Perry Moerland, Georg Thimm, and E. Fiesler, in "Proceedings of the '94 SIPAR--Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing", 1994. Abstract BibTeX

• Advancing Product Life-cycle Management, G. Thimm, S. G. Lee, and Y.-S. Ma, in "Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research", 2005. BibTeX

• Segmentation of X-ray Image Sequences Showing the Vocal Tract (with tool documentation), Georg Thimm, IDIAP-RR 99-01, 1999. Abstract BibTeX
• Segmentation of X-ray Image Sequences Showing the Vocal Tract, Georg Thimm, IDIAP-RR 99-01, 1999. Abstract BibTeX

• Illumination-robust Pattern Matching Using Distorted Color Histograms, Georg Thimm and Juergen Luettin, IDIAP-RR 98-09, 1998. Abstract BibTeX
• Optimal Parameterization of Point Distribution Models, Georg Thimm and Juergen Luettin, IDIAP-RR 98-01, 1998. Abstract BibTeX
• Evaluating the Complexity of Databases for Person Identification and Verification, G. Thimm, S. Ben-Yacoub, and J. Luettin, IDIAP-RR 98-10, 1998. Abstract BibTeX

• Pruning of Neural Networks, G. Thimm and E. Fiesler, IDIAP-RR 97-03, 1997. Abstract BibTeX
• Optimal Setting of Weights, Learning Rate, and Gain, G. Thimm and E. Fiesler, IDIAP-RR 97-04, 1997. Abstract BibTeX

• Neural Network Initialization, G. Thimm and E. Fiesler, in "From Natural to Artificial Neural Computation", 1995. BibTeX