Process support for collaborative design
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چکیده
Collaborative design, i.e., design involving the participation of multiple specialists, is an inherently COml)lex activity. It can benefit greatly from computer-based pTvccss support in which the emphasis is oil addressing the generic needs of decision-making processes [Raggl]. I)roccss support as (h’fim’d in [Rag91] includes: SUl)l)orting tim i)lam~ing, organization, and ext’cution of complex anti inter-r(:la.t(~d tasks that constil, ut(~ d(~cision-making inclmliwg cowmmwicatiow and conilict resohztiow; SUl)l)orting Ilexil)l(" i)v’occss s(’(lUCm:es during ~h,cisiow-ma/~iwg; and vnaild,a, ining (l(:ta.ils about int(~rmcdia,t(’ d(~cisions ~.n(I inter-r~dationshil~S. Process supl)ort entails sh’alcgic knowledge, i.e., meta-level knowledge used to decide what (lesign action to 1)erform next [Gau93]. A design action may involve,, for example: (let(~rmining design fl)cus; re, fining a design decision or ol)jectiw’; evaluating a design alt(,rnativ(’; selecting a design alt(,rnatiw:; or resolving interactions among design ol)je(’tiw,s [(~ F(L91]. A design action can have conflicting goals, coml)lex del)ellden(:ies, cons(:(lUelW(’s that cannot I)e known completely, and resource limitations. Strategic knowledge is need(’~l for dir(:cting the design process under such circumstanccs. In this abstract we overview several efforts that address process support and strategic knowh,dg(, in colla.I)orative d(:sign. We th(’n identify some areas where I)rocess SUl)l)ort in m,c&’d in I~iom(~(li(:al (’ngim~ring. We com:lud(~ with a brief discussion of one of r(,s(’ar(:h dir(,cl, ions in progress.
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