Technology-mediated distance learning is becoming increasingly important to business curricula. However, little theoretical development or empirical research has examined teaching effectiveness in ...

Teaching effectiveness in technology-mediated distance learning.

Agent technology has been considered as an important approach for developing distributed intelligent manufacturing systems. A number of researchers have attempted to apply agent technology to manufacturing enterprise integration, supply chain management, manufacturing planning, scheduling and control, materials handling, and holonic manufacturing systems. This paper gives a brief survey of some related projects in this area, and discusses some key issues in developing agent-based manufacturing systems such as agent technology for enterprise integration and supply chain management, agent encapsulation, system architectures, dynamic system reconfiguration, learning, design and manufacturability assessments, distributed dynamic scheduling, integration of planning and scheduling, concurrent scheduling and execution, factory control structures, potential tools and standards for developing agent-based manufacturing systems. An extensive annotated bibliography is provided.

Agent-Based Systems for Intelligent Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Survey

Applications of agent-based systems in intelligent manufacturing: An updated review ☆

This paper presents a state of the art review of existing research, projects, and applications in the domain of collaborative conceptual design, based on the Internet and Web technologies. The purpose of the review is to understand the needs for conceptual engineering design, to clarify the current conceptual design practice, to classify the available technologies, and to study the future trend in this area. The emphasis of this paper is to briefly outline the methodologies, architectures, and tools developed for the projects reviewed in this paper. It also uncovers approaches to conflict resolution and team/project management, as they are vital to a successful engineering design in a collaborative environment. More than 80 journal and conference papers and about 20 projects are reviewed based on the primary focus mentioned above. The selected research works are further categorised into several areas based on the application domain, design theory, and the technology used for implementation. The selected research projects and applications are basically for, but not limited to, the collaborative conceptual design.

Collaborative conceptual design—state of the art and future trends

Information shying and decision coordination arc central problems for collaborative product dcvclopmcnt and enterprise-wide coordination Designcrs, manufacturing cnginccrs, and marketing engineers nccd to assess the impact of their decisions and notify affected parties as the product evolves Yct, cxisting CAD tools tend to isolate information at tool boundarics, or make overly-strong commitmcnts to an all-encompassing common model Furthcrmorc, there is oftcn no automatcd support outside of thc design function The SHADE (SHAred Dcpcndcncy Engineering) project is working on knowlcdge-b~cd methods to improve the communication in the product dcvclopmcnt process Thcre arc three mare components of SHADE: a shared knowledge representation (language and domain-specific vocabulary); protocols for information cxch,’mgc enabling change notification and subscription; and facilitation scrviccs such ,as contcnt-dircctcd routing ,~nd intelligent matching of information consumers and producers SHADE is being applied to sew’r~d real domains, including the Palo Alto Collaborative Tcstbcd

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SHADE: Technology for knowledge-based collaborative engineering

The SHARE project seeks to apply information technologies in helping design teams gather, organize, re-access, and communicate both informal and formal design information to establish a "shared understanding" of the design and design process. This paper presents the visions of SHARE, along with the research and strategies undertaken to build an infrastructure toward its realization. A preliminary prototype environment is being used by designers working on a variety of industry sponsored design projects. This testbed continues to inform and guide the development of NoteMail, MovieMail, and Xshare, as well as other components of the next generation SHARE environment that will help distributed design teams work together more effectively on the Internet.

Share: a methodology and environment for collaborative product development

olitical, economic, and technological forces are changing the landscape of engineering. As the world’s economies become more interconnected and more competitive, there is an increasing need for organizations to form joint design and manufacturing teams that collaborate for the life of a project and then disperse. For example, a new electromechanical product may involve a mechanical design group in Boston working closely with a control systems subcontractor in California and an OEM partner in Singapore. Similar challenges face defense contractors who need to respond rapidly to new requirements. The ARPA Manufacturing Automation and Design Engineering (MADE) program has been developing Internet-based tools, services, protocols, and design methodologies that will allow contractors to compose teams of specialists from different locations and organizations as project needs arise. As a practical test of what the MADE program has achieved, members of the MADE community undertook an ambitious exercise in Madefast: Collaborative Engineering over the Internet

Madefast: collaborative engineering over the Internet

The SHARE project seeks to apply information technologies in helping design team gather, organize, reaccess, and communicate both informal and formal design information to establish a "shared understanding" of the design and design process. This paper presents the visions of SHARE, along with the research and strategies undertaken to build an infrastructure toward its realization. A preliminary prototype environment is being used by designers working on a variety of industry sponsored design projects. This testbed continues to inform and gui& the development of NoteMail, MovieMail, and Xshare, as well other components of the next generation SHARE environment that will help distributed design team work together more effectively.

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Jay Glicksman

Papers

Share: a methodology and environment for collaborative product development

Madefast: collaborative engineering over the Internet

SHARE: A Methodolog and Environment for Collaborative Pro ;Y uct Development