Web-based and agent-based approaches for collaborative product design: an overview

  • Authors:
  • Weiming Shen;Lihui Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council Canada, 800 Collip Circle, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 4X8.;Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council Canada, 800 Collip Circle, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 4X8

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

A number of emerging technologies including CSCW, distributed objects, intelligent agents, internet and web based technologies have been proposed to implement collaborative product design systems, while web-based and agent-based approaches are dominant in this area. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of applications of the Web and Agent technologies to collaborative product design, and discusses the opportunities as well as challenges in this exciting research area.