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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Graham Coates, Professor Bill Hills MBE, Dr Robert Whitfield
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Concurrent Engineering has been identified by many as an approach which can lead to improved product quality in less time at reduced cost. In this paper we go further by recognising that coordination is a critical means by which Concurrent Engineering can be successfully achieved. An approach to design coordination, generic in nature, is described which allows the maximum permissible design activity to be performed simultaneously. An implementation of the proposed approach, termed the Design Coordination System, has been developed to assist the designer in performing computational analysis in a distributed computing environment The Design Coordination System employs a collection of agents that act as members of a multi-functional team operating in a cooperative and coordinated manner in order to satisfy the objective of efficiently performing the design analysis. This involves agents seizing the opportunity to perform activities concurrently when and where possible.
Author(s): Coates G, Duffy AHB, Hills W, Whitfield RI
Editor(s): Chawdry, P., Ghodous, Vandorpe, D.
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Advances in Concurrent Engineering
Year of Conference: 1999
Pages: 189-198
Publisher: Technomic Publishing Co Inc.
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ISBN: 9781566767903
