Computer Supported Cooperative Work In Design Iii 10th International Conference Cscwd 2006 Nanjing China May 35 2006 Revised Selected Papers 1st Edition Terence Blackburn by Terence Blackburn, Paul Swatman, Rudi Vernik (auth.), Weiming Shen, Junzhou Luo, Zongkai Lin, Jean-paul A. Barthès, Qi Hao (eds.) 9783540728627, 3540728627 instant download after payment.

The design of complex artifacts and systems requires the cooperation of multidiscip- nary design teams using multiple commercial and proprietary engineering software tools (e.g., CAD, modeling, simulation, visualization, and optimization), engineering databases, and knowledge-based systems. Individuals or individual groups of mult- isciplinary design teams usually work in parallel and separately with various en- neering software tools which are located at different sites. In addition, individual members may be working on different versions of a design or viewing the design from different perspectives, at different levels of detail. In order to accomplish the work, it is necessary to have effective and efficient c- laborative design environments. Such environments should not only automate in- vidual tasks, in the manner of traditional computer-aided engineering tools, but also enable individual members to share information, collaborate, and coordinate their activities within the context of a design project. CSCW (computer-supported coope- tive work) in design is concerned with the development of such environments.