Cooperative Environments For Distributed Systems Engineering: The Distributed Systems Environment Report (lecture Notes In Computer Science)
by Khalil Drira /
2002 / English / PDF
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The engineering life cycle for complex systems design and
development, where partners are dispersed in different locations,
requires the set-up of adequate and controlled processes involving
many different disciplines. The “design integration” and the final
“system physical/functional integration and qualification” imply a
high degree of cross-interaction among the partners. The - place
technical information systems supporting the life cycle activities
are specialized with respect to the needs of each actor in the
process chain and are highly heterogeneous between them. To
globally innovate in-place processes, specialists must be able to
work as a unique team, in a virtual enterprise model. To this aim,
it is necessary to make interoperable the different technical
information systems and to define co-operative engineering
processes, which take into account “distributed roles”, “shared
activities”, and “distributed process controls”. In this frame an
innovative study, aimed at addressing this process with the goal of
identifying proper solutions – in terms of design, implementation,
and deployment – has been carried out with the support of the
European Community and the participation of major industrial
companies and research centers.
The engineering life cycle for complex systems design and
development, where partners are dispersed in different locations,
requires the set-up of adequate and controlled processes involving
many different disciplines. The “design integration” and the final
“system physical/functional integration and qualification” imply a
high degree of cross-interaction among the partners. The - place
technical information systems supporting the life cycle activities
are specialized with respect to the needs of each actor in the
process chain and are highly heterogeneous between them. To
globally innovate in-place processes, specialists must be able to
work as a unique team, in a virtual enterprise model. To this aim,
it is necessary to make interoperable the different technical
information systems and to define co-operative engineering
processes, which take into account “distributed roles”, “shared
activities”, and “distributed process controls”. In this frame an
innovative study, aimed at addressing this process with the goal of
identifying proper solutions – in terms of design, implementation,
and deployment – has been carried out with the support of the
European Community and the participation of major industrial
companies and research centers.