A process-oriented multi-agent system development approach to support the cooperation-activities of concurrent new product development

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1363-1376

  Juan, Yeh Chun ^a   Ou Yang, Chao ^b   Lin, Jiun Shiung ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concurrent new product development; Design Chain Operations Reference model (DCOR); MaSE methodology; Multi agent system

Indexed keywords

AGENT CLASS; COMPUTER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN CHAINS; DESIGN PHASE; JAVA AGENT DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK; MAS DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PROCESS-ORIENTED; PROCESS-ORIENTED APPROACHES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; REFERENCE MODELS; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; TWO PHASIS; WORKGROUPS;

MANAGEMENT; MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECIFICATIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 71849085348     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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