Multiple Fuzzy Roles: Analysis of Their Evolution in a Fuzzy Agent-Based Collaborative Design Platform

2015 ◽  
pp. 207-225
Author(s):  
Alain-Jérôme Fougères ◽  
Egon Ostrosi
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Agent Based

An Agent-Based Approach to Collaborative Product Design

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Xun Wang ◽  
Ming Xi Tang
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Data Structures ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Representation Scheme ◽  
New Framework

The growth of computer science and technology has brought new opportunities for multidisciplinary designers and engineers to collaborate with each other in a concurrent and coordinated manner. The development of computational agents with unified data structures and software protocols can contribute to the establishment of a new way of working in collaborative design, which is increasingly becoming an international practice. In this paper, we first propose a computational model of collaborative product design management aiming to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the cooperation and coordination among participating disciplines. Then, we present a new framework of collaborative design which adopts an agent-based approach and relocates designers, managers, systems, and supporting agents in a unified knowledge representation scheme for product design. An agent-based system is now being implemented and the design of a set of dinning table and chairs is chosen to demonstrate how the system can help designers in the management and coordination of the collaborative product design process.

FSM Based Collaborative Design Oriented Component Agent Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 437-440
Author(s):  
Cai Mao Su ◽  
Zhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Time To Market ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Model ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
Finite State

The keen competitive market is forcing companies to adopt various advanced technologies, such as collaborative design, to short the product development time-to-market. In this paper, the theory model of the component agent based on finite state machine is proposed first. Secondly, a product component agent frame is proposed by combining the proposed agent model with collaborative design-oriented product data model. Finally, an application is given which shows that the proposed model can enhance the ability of the collaborative product design.

Behavioral Mechanism: Advancing a Design State with Multi-Agents Coordinating

2011 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 789-794
Author(s):  
Chiung Hui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Script Language ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Behavioral Mechanism ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Design Objects ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Multi Agents

For the past two decades, several design support tools have been developed for both research and commercial purposes. Most are stand-alone tools; few are comprehensive or collaborative design environments. Agent technology is an emerging field and agent-based application design is still a pioneering discipline. The agent-oriented design is a new generation method of programming design that mainly uses the script language as a basis for development and that is suitable to design the multi-agent application system. Some tools have adopted the notion of computational agency. In the urban design environment, suppose design objects such as pavements, lamps and plazas can look after themselves and have its own behavioral mechanism, where would a design object acquire the knowledge that allows it to interact intelligently? This paper investigates the question through the notion of objects as agents in design and the purpose of this research is to propose a coordinative mechanism of agents of spatial objects by establishing this design agent.

Agent-based Collaboration Between Distributed Web Applications: Case Study on 'Collaborative Design for X' Using CyberCO

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-290
Author(s):  
G Q Huang ◽  
K L Mak
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Systems Collaboration

This paper presents a case study on the collaboration between a set of distributed web applications developed and deployed for carrying out a 'Design for Assembly' analysis. The case study is conducted using a web-based prototype system called CyberCO. The system is based on a theoretical framework which has been formed through an innovative combination of a number of concepts such as agents and workflows. Unlike previous attempts in computer supported concurrent engineering systems, collaboration in this framework between distributed web applications is achieved through workflows between their representative agents. The flows of data between agents are guided by the associated constraints. The flows of controls are somewhat data-driven in the sense that agents start and stop themselves whenever the predefined conditions are satisfied. The data-driven flows of controls are different from those widely used in workflow management where flows of controls are determined by the precedence relationships. The key purpose of this case study demonstration is to extend our knowledge and insights into this emerging field where increasing number of web applications are developed and deployed for collaborative product development and realization projects.

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