A generic architecture to synchronise design models issued from heterogeneous business tools: towards more interoperability between design expertises

Product development involves many experts collaborating to the same design goal. Every expert has his own formalisms and tools leading to a high heterogeneity of information systems supporting design activities. Interoperability became a major challenge to avoid information incompatibility along the...

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Published inEngineering with computers Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 27 - 41
Main Authors Bettaieb, Sabeur, Noël, Frédéric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Springer-Verlag 01.03.2008
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects
Business
CAE) and Design
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
Classical Mechanics
Computer Science
Computer simulation
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Control
Design engineering
Engineering Sciences
Formalism
Incompatibility
Interoperability
Math. Applications in Chemistry
Mathematical and Computational Engineering
Mathematical models
Mechanical engineering
Mechanics
Original Article
Physics
Product life cycle
Representations
Studies
Systems Theory
Collaborative design
Heterogeneous models
Synchronisation
Interoperability
Multi-representation
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Summary:Product development involves many experts collaborating to the same design goal. Every expert has his own formalisms and tools leading to a high heterogeneity of information systems supporting design activities. Interoperability became a major challenge to avoid information incompatibility along the product life cycle. To synchronise heterogeneous representations of product will be a major step to integrate expert activities. In this paper, the authors propose a meta-model framework to connect together heterogeneous design models. This meta-model framework is used to formalise possible interactions between heterogeneous representations. Interaction formalisation is considered as a key point to synchronise heterogeneous models and to provide more interoperability between various computer assisted systems. The synchronisation loop is also presented as a major sequence of activities to manage collaborative design. Tools to support synchronisation are proposed. However, through a basic case study, authors highlight what can be automated and where human intervention is still expected.
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ISSN:0177-0667
1435-5663
DOI:10.1007/s00366-007-0064-z