Modeling the effect of product architecture on mass-collaborative processes

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Le, Qize ^a   Panchal, Jitesh H ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based modeling; mass collaboration; product architectures; product development

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; BUS ARCHITECTURE; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION TIME; HIERARCHICAL PRODUCT; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INFORMATION FLOWS; MASS-COLLABORATION; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES; PRODUCT EVOLUTION; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SLOT ARCHITECTURE; TOPDOWN; TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS; WIKIPEDIA;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DATA VISUALIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79953657294     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3563054     Document Type: Article

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