Title :
Collaborative design environment based on multi-agent
Author :
Chen, Shenglei ; Wu, Huizhong ; Han, Xianglan ; Xiao, Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Nanjing Univ. of Sci. & Technol., China
Abstract :
It is necessary to provide collaborative design environment for preliminary design of complex products. For the specific requirements in preliminary design, this paper proposes the collaborative design environment for preliminary design of complex products(CDEPD). Agent-based architecture is adopted in CDEPD and it can support cooperative work for distributed designers from multiple disciplines. Based on GPGP from K. Decker, belief commitment-based coordination mechanism is proposed in this paper and it has been applied in CDEPD.
Keywords :
CAD; groupware; multi-agent systems; open systems; agent-based architecture; belief commitment-based coordination mechanism; collaborative design environment; multi-agent system; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science; Costs; Design engineering; Information technology; Process design; Product design; Production; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2005. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-84600-002-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2005.194219
