Web-based and agent-based approaches for collaborative product design: An overview

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 103-112

  Shen, Weiming ^a   Wang, Lihui ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agents; Collaborative design; Concurrent engineering; CSCW; Internet; Multiagent systems; Product design; Web; Web based systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; INTERNET; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0037279284     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2003.000317     Document Type: Review

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