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An Approach to Modelling Integrated Product Teams

An Approach to Modelling Integrated Product Teams
An Approach to Modelling Integrated Product Teams
This paper considers an agent-based approach to organizational modeling within the engineering design domain. It is widely recognized that interactions between individual designers, between (and within) integrated product teams (IPTs), together with the nature of design tasks have a significant impact upon how well a task can be performed, and hence the quality of the resultant product. In order for organizations to gain a full understanding of design team interactions within IPTs, we propose the use of multi-agent systems to model the behaviors and cognitions of team members, and to explore the applicability of different agent-theoretic approaches that could augment current team practices. In this paper we discuss the background to the work and the identifications of individual, and team variables. The paper concludes by discussing the computational model of a small IPT, which has been implemented using JADE, and the initial results are presented.
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Crowder, Richard, Sim, Yee Wai, Payne, Terry, Robinson, Mark, Jackson, Helan and Romero Ternero, Maria (2008) An Approach to Modelling Integrated Product Teams. Proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering, New York. 03 - 06 Aug 2008.

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This paper considers an agent-based approach to organizational modeling within the engineering design domain. It is widely recognized that interactions between individual designers, between (and within) integrated product teams (IPTs), together with the nature of design tasks have a significant impact upon how well a task can be performed, and hence the quality of the resultant product. In order for organizations to gain a full understanding of design team interactions within IPTs, we propose the use of multi-agent systems to model the behaviors and cognitions of team members, and to explore the applicability of different agent-theoretic approaches that could augment current team practices. In this paper we discuss the background to the work and the identifications of individual, and team variables. The paper concludes by discussing the computational model of a small IPT, which has been implemented using JADE, and the initial results are presented.

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Published date: August 2008
Additional Information: Event Dates: 3-6 August 2008
Venue - Dates: Proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering, New York, 2008-08-03 - 2008-08-06
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 266557
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/266557
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Date deposited: 11 Aug 2008 16:14
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 08:30

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Author: Richard Crowder
Author: Yee Wai Sim
Author: Terry Payne
Author: Mark Robinson
Author: Helan Jackson
Author: Maria Romero Ternero

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