Abstract: Development
of complicated products is a project of system engineering. It
involves extensive and complicated knowledge, design methods and
auxiliary technology. Various factors affect each other.
So, modern product development is a typical group problem with
distributed and dynamic features. It is apparent superiority to
solve this problem with a multi-agent system representing
various knowledge domains. Distributed artificial intelligence
knowledge being used, the multi-agent collaborative design
system concept and model based on Internet environment are put
forward. The realizing method of product developing agents,
interactive process among multi-agents, and organization and
implementing of the design project of the multi-agent
collaborative design system are discussed in detail. Application
examples are also presented.
Key words: Collaborative design Shared
environment Multi-agent system
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This project
is supported by National natural Science Foundation of China (No.59875087) and by
Foundation for University Key Teachers by National Education Ministry.
Manuscript received on May 11, 2000; revised manuscript February 21, 2001
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