Yongkui Liu and Lin Zhang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China.

• Table of content:Chapter 1 Concepts of cloud manufacturing1.1 Background of the appearance of cloud manufacturing1.2 What is cloud manufacturing?1.3 Technologies behind cloud manufacturing1.4 Cloud manufacturing as the extension of cloud computing in manufacturing1.5 Model and technical characteristic of cloud manufacturing1.6 Cloud manufacturing as a new way in information based manufacturing1.7 SummaryReferencesChapter 2 Architecture and system structure of cloud manufacturing platform2.1 Multi-view for cloud manufacturing system2.2 Architecture of cloud manufacturing system2.3 Technical system of cloud manufacturing2.4 SummaryReferencesChapter 3 Resources sensation and access3.1 The sensation, access and adaption of physical resources3.2 The sensation, access and adaption of software resources and data3.3 Data analysis and processing in sensation and accessing resources3.4 SummaryReferencesChapter 4 Virtualization and service-oriented architecture of resources4.1 Resources virtualization4.2 The mapping and transform of physical-virtual resources4.3 Structuring and management of virtual resources pool4.4 Service encapsulation technologies for manufacturing resources4.5 SummaryReferencesChapter 5 Description of manufacturing capability and service-oriented capability5.1 What is manufacturing capability?5.2 Information structure of manufacturing capability5.3 Mechanism for service-oriented capability5.4 Sensation and access of manufacturing capability5.5 Manufacturing capability network5.6 SummaryReferencesChapter 6 Cloud service management6.1 Matching and searching of cloud service6.2 Composition of cloud service6.3 Optimization of cloud computing service6.4 SummaryReferencesChapter 7 Operation and evaluation of cloud service7.1 Running cloud service7.2 Evaluating cloud service7.3 SummaryReferencesChapter 8 Interface and visualization technologies in cloud manufacturing8.1 Characteristic analysis of user-interface in cloud manufacturing8.2 Customized service for users8.3 Platform structure for customized service8.4 Key techniques8.5 Visualization platform8.6 Visualization platform analysis8.7 SummaryReferencesChapter 9 Case studies and applications in complex projects9.1 Case studies in astronomical devices manufacturing9.2 Case studies in rail transit equipment manufacturing9.3 SummaryReferencesChapter 10 Case studies and applications for small and middle sized enterprisesChapter 11 Prospect and development