SHARE: A Methodology and Environment for Collaborative Product Development
Abstract
The objective of this work was to help teams of engineers achieve a shared understanding of their designs and design processes, using agent based computational tools and services for communication, collaboration, analysis, and synthesis. The approach was based on developing: (1) Design representations that encompass decisions and rationale linked to the design artifact; (2) A distributed architecture that enables agents (human and computational) to communicate and cooperate in solving engineering problems; and (3) Incremental, interactive concurrent engineering tools for analysis and synthesis. As the SHARE tools and environment were developed, they were tested on industry sponsored design projects. Their impact on the design process was analyzed to assess their effectiveness and provide a basis for models of concurrent design and redesign processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA339364
Entities
People
- Charles Petrie
- George Toye
- Larry John Leifer
- Mark Cutkosky
Organizations
- Stanford University