FAST Workstation Project Overview
Abstract
The FAST Workstation and the FAST Broker projects are companion efforts, which jointly seek to demonstrate a model for the pursuit of electronic commerce. This model is being instantiated in a system supporting procurement of standard electronic parts at low cost with short lead times, which seeks to provide a useful purchasing and information service to DoD and the DARPA VLSI research community. The FAST Broker project focuses on utilization of rapid electronic networks to provide an intermediary that speeds communications between buyers and vendors. The FAST Workstation project focuses on the development of user and software interfaces to enable human participants in the process to easily integrate information and engage in transactions with the system. This overview of the FAST Workstation project is divided into four parts. Section 1 describes the research goals of the effort. Section 2 discusses the relationship between those research goals and the somewhat more applied goals of the overall FAST effort. Section 3 reviews our research approach in the four major activity areas of the project. Section 4 summarizes accomplishments to date. Keywords: Expert systems, Intelligent interfaces, Procurement, Workstations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197924
Entities
People
- Robert Neches
Organizations
- University of Southern California