Agent-based micro-tools development for a co-operative design platform

Author

Fougeres, Alain-Jerome

Author_Institution

Belfort-Montbeliard Univ. of Technol., Belfort

fYear

2005

fDate

5-6 Dec. 2005

Firstpage

715

Lastpage

730

Abstract

We report in this paper the design of assistance applications to actors of design process which we call micro-tools. The microtools are well adapted to instrument the co-operative activities integrated in virtual spaces of the design. Those can be integrated on a multi-agent platform (PLACID) adapted to the innovating and distributed design mechanical systems. The use of the agent paradigm as well relates to the modeling and the development of the various layers of the platform, that those of the user interfaces. We insist in particular on the concept of micro-tool, its agent design and the integration process of this one in PLACID

Keywords

intelligent design assistants; multi-agent systems; user interfaces; PLACID; agent-based micro-tools development; cooperative design platform; multi-agent platform; user interfaces; Application software; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Information systems; Instruments; Mechanical systems; Multiagent systems; Process design; Resource management; User interfaces; co-design; co-operative agents; development process; distributed design; micro-tools; multi-agent platform; multi-agent system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communications Technology, 2005. Enabling Technologies for the New Knowledge Society: ITI 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9270-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITICT.2005.1609662

Filename

1609662