Madefast: collaborative engineering over the Internet
Communications of the ACM
WebShaman: shared virtual prototypes for product designers in the World Wide Web
ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin
Improving the aircraft design process using Web-based modeling and simulation
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
Modeling and simulation methods for design of engineering systems
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
WebBlow: a Web/agent-based multidisciplinary design optimization environment
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Knowledge sharing in collaborative design environments
Port-based modeling of mechatronic systems
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation - Special issue: Selected papers from the 4th IMACS symposium on mathematical modelling (4th MATHMOD)
Modular design and verification of component-based mechatronic systems with online-reconfiguration
Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGSOFT twelfth international symposium on Foundations of software engineering
Design and implementation of the Web-enabled NIST design repository
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)
Realization of web-based simulation services
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Advanced computer support of engineering and service processes of virtual enterprises
A component framework for reusing a proprietary computer-aided engineering environment
Advances in Engineering Software
To support multidisciplinary communication in VR-based virtual prototyping of mechatronic systems
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Worlds and transformations: Supporting the sharing and reuse of engineering design knowledge
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Supporting collaborative engineering using an intelligent web service middleware
Advanced Engineering Informatics
A Problem Solving Environment Portal for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
Advances in Engineering Software
A Web-enabled virtual repository for supporting distributed automotive component development
Advanced Engineering Informatics
A cooperative virtual prototyping system for mechatronic solution elements based assembly
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Advanced Engineering Informatics
An approach to assessing virtual environments for synchronous and remote collaborative design
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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The design and development of complex engineering systems, e.g. mechatronics, is increasingly characterized as an interdisciplinary process, which entails the co-operative work of distributed teams. However, traditional simulation tools generally emphasize discipline-oriented purposes and centralized running, and cannot adequately support the collaborative simulation in a distributed environment. Although some tools have been developed to enable remote access to simulations, most of them focus on the sharing of information and the provision of simulations via a single and centralized program. The long-term aim of this research is to develop a collaborative modeling and simulation platform, which will provide an integrated environment for multi-disciplinary teams to create, share, and integrate simulation services on the Internet. A step towards such a platform is described which includes the infrastructures for distributed communication, the mechanism for run-time interaction, and the representation of a simulation system at the abstract level. In this paper, we will (1) formulate a collaborative simulation problem; (2) identify the factors influencing the performance of a simulation; (3) propose a method for run-time interaction to achieve optimal simulation accuracy; and (4) illustrate how the components serving different purposes are integrated. A case study is described, based on a prototype implementation of the proposed solution, to explore supporting collaborative simulation in an Internet-distributed environment.