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.

Process Control Method of Complex Product Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design System

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 2888-2893
Author(s):  
Hai Qiang Liu ◽  
Ming Lv
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Design System ◽  
System Control ◽  
Complex Product ◽  
Product Design Process

In order to realize information sharing and interchange of complex product multidisciplinary collaborative design (MCD) design process and resources. The Process integrated system control of product multidisciplinary collaborative design was analyzed firstly in this paper, then design process of complex product for supporting multidisciplinary collaborative was introduced, a detailed description is given of the organization structure and modeling process of MCD-oriented Integration of Product Design Meta-model ; and concrete implement process of process integrated system control method was introduced to effectively realize information sharing and interchange between product design process and resources.

An agent-based web services solution to collaborative product design

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Che Huang ◽  
Tzu-Laing (. Tseng ◽  
Yongjin Kwon ◽  
Yen Yi Chou
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Collaborative Product Design

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.

scholarly journals Collaborative Product Design for Tasks Sorting Based on Shortest Delivery

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuedong Liang ◽  
Wenting Zhou ◽  
Aijun Liu ◽  
Hongmei Xue
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Processing Time ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Innovative Product ◽  
Delivery Time ◽  
Design Task ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Collaborative Product Design

The “people’s innovation” can promote development in enterprises in urgent need of innovative product design. Collaborative product design can be a powerful tool for enterprises wishing to improve their market competitiveness and customer satisfaction. To reduce decision costs, improve efficiency, and solve other issues, promoting “people’s innovation” can play a vital role. With this focus, this paper examines products produced through “people’s innovation.” A collaborative design task scheduling problem is presented. The design tasks are sorted based on a minimum delivery cost principle, which is determined using weighted shortest processing time (WSPT) rules and the shortest delivery time. The results show that distributed collaborative innovation can result in a reasonable arrangement for collaborative design tasks.

Heterogeneous Knowledge Integrated Management Based on Topic Maps in Collaborative Product Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 118-120 ◽  
pp. 717-721
Author(s):  
Li Yun Yan ◽  
Zong Bin Li ◽  
Xiao Chun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Collaborative Product Development ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
Heterogeneous Knowledge

. Successful collaborative product development depends on the ability to effectively manage and share engineering knowledge and experience throughout the entire development process. This paper presents a distributed heterogeneous engineering knowledge management approach for the practice of collaborative product design. Firstly, a XTM based heterogeneous knowledge integration model in collaborative product design is proposed; Then, a knowledge management framework in collaborative design process is developed; Finally, a knowledge management system in collaborative design is constructed.

Design and implementation of an agent-based collaborative product design system

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 520-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Xun Wang ◽  
Ming Xi Tang ◽  
Lin Nan Song ◽  
Shou Qiang Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design System ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Collaborative Product Design

Incorporating Stakeholder Perspectives into Collaborative Product Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 864-868
Author(s):  
Zhi Jun Rong ◽  
Kui Sheng Chen ◽  
Bao Sheng Ying
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Single Person ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
And Control

Collaborative product design is a multiple criteria group decision making process bringing different and often controversial points of view together to create a solution among stakeholders. Collaborative design possesses more perspectives than any single person possesses because stakeholders have different perspectives. This work is based on new decision approach that includes creating shared understanding among various stakeholders, contextualizing design criteria and perspectives, and creating a multiple perspective and multiple criteria decision approach, our initial effort has focused on incorporating perspectives into design process. We then provide the approach to find the optimal design decisions for consideration of stakeholders’ perspectives. By analyzing the relationships between stakeholders’ perspectives and preferences of design criteria, multi-criteria decision making approach considering the stakeholders’ perspectives can be used to monitor and control the collaborative design process.

A Service Oriented Architecture for Collaborative Product Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 1115-1118
Author(s):  
Zhi Jun Rong ◽  
Bao Sheng Ying ◽  
Bin Bin Dan
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Collaborative Product Design ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Realization Process ◽  
Product Realization ◽  
Distributed Infrastructure

The recent advance in information technologies has the potential to greatly enhance product development, and to make distributed designers, engineers, manufacturers and customers work together over networks. This paper reviews related work on service-oriented architecture, distributed infrastructure and highlights the need to integrate service-oriented architecture technologies for meaningful and interactive collaborative design processes. This paper presents a service-oriented architecture implemented by web services for collaborative design. The collaborative workspace is presented to facilitate the design participants’ collaboration. The proposed architecture is applicable to different requirements of design participants and enhances design interaction during the product realization process.

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