Negotiation in a knowledge-based concurrent engineering design environment

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Harrington ◽  
Hossein Soltan ◽  
Mark Forskitt
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Knowledge Based

Research on Knowledge-Based Virtual Assembly Planning

2007 ◽  
Vol 10-12 ◽  
pp. 435-439
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
D.F. Liu ◽  
P. Wang ◽  
Q.S. Xie
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Virtual Assembly ◽  
Assembly Planning ◽  
Design Domain ◽  
Assembly Rules ◽  
Assembly Sequence ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Assembly Design ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Assembly Method

In order to find an optimum assembly sequence in engineering design domain, a knowledge-based virtual assembly approach was put forward. Virtual assembly design environment was also introduced, and knowledge representation models for virtual assembly rules and cases are introduced and studied respectively. A side-center virtual assembly method was applied to avoid the occurrence of assembly interference. Finally, a case was employed to demonstrate the practicality of knowledge-based virtual assembly planning.

AGENTS for cooperating expert systems in concurrent engineering design

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Q. Huang ◽  
John A. Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Computer Tools ◽  
System A ◽  
And Control ◽  
Domain Independent

A main theme of concurrent engineering is the effective communication between relevant disciplines. Any computer tools for concurrent engineering must provide sufficient constructs and strategies for this purpose. This paper describes the AGENTS system, a domain-independent general-purpose Object-Oriented Prolog language for cooperating expert systems in concurrent engineering design. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating the use of the AGENTS constructs for distributed knowledge representation and the cooperation strategies for communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, and control. A simple case study is presented to illustrate the balance between simplicity and flexibility.

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