Environment improvements for a better cooperation in international collaborative mechanical design

Author

Thouvenin, Indira ; Rarnond, B. ; Abel, Marie Helene ; Qarnhiyah, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Technol. de Compiegne, France

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

172

Abstract

We analyze a real example of collaborative work in mechanical design. Two kinds of problems emerge from this analysis: the first is a lack of complete design environment very early before modeling. The second is the need for a flexible and very intuitive collaborative environment. In addition, there is no knowledge management of the exchanges, and the design method could be improved with information assistance during the project. From this analysis, we try to detect design and collaborative tasks for which students need help. Then a personal assistant agent based on a task ontology is proposed to offer them this help.

Keywords

groupware; intelligent design assistants; intelligent tutoring systems; mechanical engineering computing; software agents; CAI; collaborative work; educational CAD; intelligent agent; international collaborative mechanical design; modeling; personal assistant agent; students; task ontology; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Design automation; Design methodology; Educational institutions; Intelligent agent; International collaboration; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical systems; Ontologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2002. The 7th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

85-285-0050-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2002.1047676

Filename

1047676