An agent-based approach to modeling integrated product teams undertaking a design activity

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 2, Issue PART A, 2010, Pages 227-236

  Sim, Yee Wai ^a   Crowder, Richard ^a   Robinson, Mark ^b   Hughes, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DESIGN ACTIVITY; DESIGN TASKS; INTEGRATED PRODUCT TEAM; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953790853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-86957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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