The Design and Realization of Automotive Steering Gear Collaborative Design System Based on Multi-Agent

Author

Ding, Yu-Feng ; Yang, Feng ; Sheng, Bu-Yun ; Zhou, Zu-De

Author_Institution

Hubei province digit manufacturing key laboratory, Wuhan 430070, China; School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, WuHan University of Technology, China; E-MAIL: dingyf@mail.whut.edu.cn

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

276

Lastpage

281

Abstract

Distributed collaborative design technology which supports teamwork is an advanced research of CAD/CAM development. Efficient distributed collaborative design environment is the urgent demand of engineering. Based on analyzing the characteristics of automotive steering gear collaborative design, the merits and demerits of the framework of collaborative design environment, a framework based on multi-agent combined with browse/server model is presented. Multi-agent collaborative work method is analyzed on the basis of colored and synchronized Petri net. An automotive steering gear collaborative design environment prototype system based on client/server architecture has been developed by means of database technology, multi-agent technology, web technology and development tools, such as VC++ 6.0, C++ Builder 5.0 and MSSQL Server 2000. The system has been tested by taking cycling ball steering gear as engineering case.

Keywords

Automotive steering gear; CSCD; Multi-agent; Petrinet; Automotive engineering; CADCAM; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer aided manufacturing; Design automation; Design engineering; Gears; Teamwork; Automotive steering gear; CSCD; Multi-agent; Petrinet;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9091-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2005.1526958

Filename

1526958