Constraint techniques for collaborative design

Author

Lottaz, Claudio ; Sam-Haroud, Djamila ; Faltings, Boi ; Smith, Ian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

1998

fDate

10-12 Nov 1998

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

41

Abstract

The paper presents SpaceSolver, a constraint satisfaction toolbox, providing access to constraint satisfaction techniques on continuous variables through an intuitive, Web based user interface. Moreover, we describe possible applications of such a platform to collaborative design and conclude that Internet based use of constraint satisfaction techniques has the potential of increasing productivity in several fields in engineering

Keywords

Internet; computer aided engineering; constraint handling; constraint theory; design engineering; groupware; online front-ends; Internet based use; SpaceSolver; collaborative design; constraint satisfaction techniques; constraint satisfaction toolbox; constraint techniques; continuous variables; engineering; intuitive Web based user interface; productivity; Buildings; Civil engineering; Collaboration; Computer interfaces; Design engineering; Ducts; Space technology; Structural beams; User interfaces; Ventilation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1998. Proceedings. Tenth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

ISSN

1082-3409

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5214-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1998.744754

Filename

744754