Advances in Evolutionary Computation and Application in The Optimized Design of Manufacturing Systems
H. Pierreval, C. Caux, O. Devise, J. L. Paris and M. F. Plaquin
V
Principles of Concurrent Engineering
Hyper-Linked Software Architectures for Concurrent Engineering
Juan C. Dueñas and Manfred Hauswirth 3
Structural - Technological Solutions in Concurrent Design
Valery Tarassov, Serguey Perfilyev and Dominique Deneux 10
Comparison of Distributed Simulations Aspects
J. Habibi and R. N. Zobel 19
Organization and Teams
Guide to Manage Conflicts in Concurrent Engineering: A Multi-Agent Architecture
Christophe Cointe 29
A Method for Domain Analysis and Modeling of Cooperative Work
Kiyoshi Itoh, Jiro Shinkai, Satoshi Kumagai and Shuzo Kishima
37
Cooperative Product Development: How Network Theory Enables Networked Organizations
Hanno Weber and Günther Seliger 45
Perspective Browsing: Concept and Applications
Teruaki Ito and Shuichi Fukuda 53
Formal Methods and Techniques
The Qualification of a Process in an Electromechanical Company Through the Employment of TQM Techniques
Domenico Falcone and Fabio De Felice 63
Towards the Distributed Control Design of Repetitive Processes for Limited Capacity Buffers
Slawomir Klos, Dariusz Gattner and Bozena Skolud 72
Implementation
Rapid Prototyping in Concurrent Engineering: A Model and Its Language
José Neves and José Machado 79
International Distributed Product Development in Practice
Paul Stratil, Uwe Baake, Klaus Schott and Andreas Homolla 87
Implementing Concurrent Engineering Processes Within an International Environment
Uwe Baake and Paul Stratil 93
Virtual Environment for a New Product Development Process: A Case Study in a Consumer Electronics Company
Ali R. Kaylan and Taylan Ozsipahi 100
Engineering Data Management
Towards Engineering Process Management Systems
Joachim Herbst and Johannes Bumiller 109
Automation of Interface Circuit Design Processes
Uwe Baake, Markus Ernst and Sorin A. Huss 116
Coupling Enterprise Modelling with EDM: Towards Continued Computer Support
Uwe Jasnoch and Klaus-Peter Greipel 123
Enabling Technologies
Concurrent Work Specification for Co-Related Assignment Tasks with Domain-Oriented Abstraction
Ryo Kawabata, Yasuhisa Tamura, Kiyoshi Itoh and Norio Tomii
133
Co-Validation of High-Level Descriptions of Information Processing Systems
Matthias Deegener and Sorin A. Huss 141
A Design Synthesis Paradigm Based on Neural and Genetic Systems
Francisco J. Vico, José M. Bravo, Francisco J. Veredas, Fernando Ortega
and Pablo Mir 149
A Flexible Approach to Modeling Computer Visualization Using Simulation Traces
Ralf Helbing, Michael Rüger and Uwe Ilgenstein 154
Usability and Standards
System for Continuous Planning and Control of Assembly Systems
G. Reinhart, Ralf Cuiper and Ulrich Rossgoderer 161
Applications and Experiments
Distributed Development of Embedded Systems
Wolfgang P. Kowalk 169
Late Papers
Rejuvenating Communication and Information Within a SME
Daniel Wybrow and Grant Mackerron 179
Transfer of Motional Skill - Towards Its Intelligent Coding
Shuichi Fukuda, Yoshifusa Matsuura and Martin Dzbor 183