Development and maintenance of product configuration systems: Requirements for a documentation tool

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Hvam, Lars ^a   Pape, Simon ^a   Jensen, Klaes Ladeby ^a   Riis, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IT based documentation system; Object oriented system development; Product configuration; Product modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

IT-BASED DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS; OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT MODELING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746608167     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Barker, Virginia E. & O'Connor, Dennis E (1989). Expert Systems for Configuration at Digital: XCON and Beyond. Communications of the ACM, March 1989, volume 32 Number 3.
2. Bellin, D. & Simone, S. S. (1999). The CRC-card Book. Addison-Wesley.
3. Bennett, S., McRobb, S. & Farmer, R. (1999). Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design using UML. McGraw-Hill.
4. Booch, G., Rumbaugh, J. & Jacobson, I. (1999). The Unified Modeling Language User Guide. Addison-Wesley.
5. Cawsey, A. (1998). The Essence of Artificial Intelligence. Prentice Hall.
6. CIMdata (1997). Product Data Management: The Definition. 4th edition. CIMdata Inc.
7. nd Edition). Prentice Hall
8. Felfernig, A., Friedrich, G. E. & Jannach, D. (2000). UML as Domain Specific Language for the Construction of Knowledge-based Configuration Systems. In International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, volume 10/4.
9. Hansen, B., Hvam, L. (2002). Design of Configuration Systems at APC. Proceedings of 15th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Lyon, France.
10. Hvam, L. & Malis, M. (2002a). A Knowledge Based Documentation Tool for Configuration Projects. In Mass Customization for Competitive Advantage (Ed.: M.M. Tseng and F.T. Piller).
11. Hvam, L. & Malis, M. (2002b). Product Configurators as a means to support the Exchange of Knowledge in Company Networks. Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference On Industrial Engineering. Busan, Korea.
12. Hvam, L. & Riis, J. (2003). CRC-card for product modeling. Computers in Industry, volume 50/1.
13. Hvam, L. (1994). Application of product modelling - seen from a work preparation viewpoint. Ph.D. Thesis. Dept. of Industrial Management and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.
14. Hvam, L. (1999). A procedure for building product models. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 15: 77-87.
15. Hvam, L., Riis, J., Malis, M. & Hansen, B. (2000). A procedure for building product models. Proceedings of Product Models 2000-SIG PM, Linköping, Sweden.
16. Hvam, L., Riis, J., Malis, M. & Hansen, B. (2001). Reengineering of the quotation process - Application of knowledge based systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management. University Laval, Canada.
17. Krause, F.L., Kimura, F. & Kjellberg, T. (1993). Product Modelling. In Annals of the CIRP, volume 42/2.
18. Mortensen, N.H., Yu, B., Skovgaard, H.J. & Harlou, U. (2000). Conceptual Modeling of Product Families in Configuration Projects. Proceedings of Product Models 2000-SIG PM. Linköping, Sweden.
19. Pape, S. (2002). Requirements for Documentation Tool for Product Modelling. Master's Thesis (ID: IPL-128-02). Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Technical University of Denmark.
20. Schwarze, S. (1996). Configuration of Multiple-Variant Products. BWI, Zürich.
21. Tiihonen, J., Soininen, T., Männistö, T. & Sulonen, R. (1996). State-of-the-practice in Product Configuration - a Survey of 10 Cases in the Finnish Industry. In Knowledge Intensive CAD, volume 1 (Ed.: Tomiyama, T., Mäntylä, M. & Finger S.). Chapman & Hall, pp. 95-114.
22. Whitten, J.L, Bentley, L.D. & Dittman, K.C. (2001). Systems Analysis and Design Methods. Irwin/McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.