@inproceedings{f82ed85526b0453f9aa9689516646c7a,
title = "Development of engineering design methodologies and software tools to support the creative process of design in a distributed environment",
abstract = "It is a challenge for designers in traditional organisations to work together in teams to achieve a consensus based solution space optimality [1] and this challenge is further compounded by the dispersion of the design information, design personnel and knowledge across the extended enterprise environment. Extensive work has been carried out on passive information management systems for design, however, very little work has been carried out in the muchneeded area of proactive, holistic knowledge management and presentation systems required by the extended enterprise. In this paper we propose an agent-based system to access, retrieve and present information (both visually and auditorially) to distributed design teams, in such a way that their collective conceptual space is expanded [2], learning strategies are supported [3] and design solutions are optimised [4]. This agent based information system will support the distributed design process whilst considering human and ICT protocols, for the purposes of enhancing design, learning, creativity, communication and productivity.",
keywords = "Agent based systems, Design models, Distributed design teams",
author = "David Tormey and Camelia Chira and Ovidiu Chira and Thomas Roche and Attracta Brennan",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED",
publisher = "Design Society",
editor = "Anders Folkeson and Margareta Norell and Ulf Sellgren and Klas Gralen",
booktitle = "Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design",
note = "14th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2003 ; Conference date: 19-08-2003 Through 21-08-2003",
}