Title :
Agent-based micro-tools development for a co-operative design platform
Author :
Fougeres, Alain-Jerome
Author_Institution :
Belfort-Montbeliard Univ. of Technol., Belfort
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ITICT.2005.1609662
