CAPP HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN INTERFACE BETWEEN CAD AND CAM. TO DATE, MOST AI-BASED APPROACHES USED IN CAPP ARE SOME VARIATION OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE APPLICATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS IN PROCESS PLANNING, EXAMINES THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EXPERT SYSTEMS AND NEURAL NETWORKS, AND INTRODUCES A NEURAL-EXPERT HYBRID MODEL FOR KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION IN PROCESS PLANNING.
