Development of INFOCAST - information system for foundry industry

The article presents the current state of development of INFOCAST - an information decision system supporting technological problems of the foundry industry. Two aspects of the system are related: enrichment of its information and knowledge resources and changes in architecture, both oriented towards improvement of its applicability. The reported stage of development of INFOCAST is characterized by a close integration of its data and knowledge bases by means of the agent-based technology. Due to decentralization, the knowledge and information can be used not only in research and design activities, but also in the exploitation of technological processes.