Title :
The MIT Dice project
Author :
Sriram, Duvvuru ; Logcher, Robert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A computer-based architecture program called the Distributed and Integrated Environment for Computer-Aided Engineering (Dice), which provides cooperation and coordination among multiple designers working in separate engineering disciplines, is described. Dice uses knowledge to estimate interface conditions between disciplines, records who used any piece of design data created by others and how such data were used, and checks for conflicts among disciplines, manufacturability, and manufacturing cost and schedule effects of design decisions.<>
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; concurrent engineering; expert systems; object-oriented programming; Computer-Aided Engineering; Distributed and Integrated Environment; MIT Dice project; computer-based architecture program; interface conditions; manufacturability; manufacturing cost; schedule effects; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Independent component analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Intelligent systems; Object oriented modeling; Protocols; Systems engineering and theory; Virtual colonoscopy; Visualization;
