Title
PACT: An Experiment in Integrating Concurrent Engineering Systems
Abstract
The Palo Alto Collaborative Testbed (PACT), a concurrent engineering infrastructure that encompasses multiple sites, subsystems, and disciplines, is discussed. The PACT systems include NVisage, a distributed knowledge-based integration environment for design tools; DME (Device Modeling Environment), a model formulation and simulation environment; Next-Cut, a mechanical design and process planning system; and Designworld, a digital electronics design, simulation, assembly, and testing system. The motivations for PACT and the significance of the approach for concurrent engineering is discussed. Initial experiments in distributed simulation and incremental redesign are reviewed, and PACT's agent-based architecture and lessons learned from the PACT experiments are described.
Year
DOI
Venue
1993
10.1109/2.179153
Readings in agents
Keywords
DocType
Volume
digital electronics design,pact system,knowledge-based integration environment,concurrent engineering system,pact experiment,process planning system,design tool,concurrent engineering systems,concurrent engineering infrastructure,mechanical design,concurrent engineering,simulation environment
Journal
26
Issue
ISSN
ISBN
1
0018-9162
1-55860-495-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
199
50.44
1
Authors
8
Search Limit
100199
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark R. Cutkosky13132484.31
Robert S. Engelmore224574.11
Richard E. Fikes340612351.97
Michael R. Genesereth42447830.52
Thomas R. Gruber52235272.54
William S. Mark626273.44
Jay M. Tenenbaum7743638.09
Jay C. Weber820752.32