Experiences in developing collaborative engineering environments: An action research approach

Computers in Industry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Mejía, Ricardo ^a   López, Adán ^a   Molina, Arturo ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative engineering; Information and communication technologies; Product design

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ACTION RESEARCH; COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33947305726     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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