I'd like to announce the availability of the following special issue:
Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering in CERA (Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications) Journal
A central aspect of concurrent engineering is the management of conflicts among multiple engineering disciplines throughout the product life cycle. If such conflicts are not addressed in a timely fashion, the result can be huge unnecessary waste, delay and reduced product quality. This special issue focuses on how computer technology can support more effective avoidance, detection and resolution of conflicts in such settings. The papers address a wide range of issues in diverse domains including architecture, software and complex physical systems. The papers may thus be of interest to researchers in distributed artificial intelligence, organizational science, computer-supported cooperative work, group decision support systems, software engineering and other related fields.
The issue appears in Volume 2, Number 3 of CERA journal, which became available December 5, 1994.
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Special Issue on Conflict Management in Concurrent Engineering by Mark Klein, Boeing Computer Services, Seattle WA.
Automated Configuration Management in CE Projects by S. Tiwari, Stanford University, and H.A. Franklin, Bechtel Group, SF, Stanford, CA.
Avoiding Conflicts in Architectural Subsystem Layout by M. Gross, University of Colorado, CO.
Cosmos: A System for Supporting Engineering Negotiation by W. Mark, and J. Dukes-Schlossberg, Lockheed AI Center, CA.
The Interplay of Context, Process and Conflict in Concurrent Engineering by S. Kannapan, and D.L. Taylor, Xerox Corp., Ithaca, NY.
Mediating Conflicts in Concurrent Engineering with a Protocol Based on Utility by D. Bahler, and C. Dupont., and J. Bowen, North Carolina State University, NC.
Coordinating Distributed ViewPoints: the Anatomy of a Consistency Check by S. Easterbrook, A. Finkelstein, J. Kramer, and B. Nuseibeh, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Managing Cognitive and Mixed-Motive Conflicts in Concurrent Engineering by B. Ramesh, and K. Sengupta, Naval Postgraduate School, CA
Interactive Decision Support for Requirements Negotiation by W.N. Robinson, Oregon State University, OR.
CERA (Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications) is an international journal published quarterly by Academic Press whose purpose is to provide a forum for the dissemination of multidisciplinary scientific work on Concurrent Engineering based on computer technologies. For more information, contact Biren Prasad, CERA Managing Editor, CERA Institute, P.O. Box 250254, West Bloomfield, MI 48325, USA. Fax: (313) 661 8333: Email: bprasad@cmsa.gmr.com
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Until January 11th I can be reached at:
US Mail Express Mail (e.g. Fedex) ------- ------------------------- Mark Klein, PhD Mark Klein, PhD Boeing Computer Services Boeing Computer Services Mailstop 7L-41 Building 33-08 PO Box 24346 2710 160th Ave SE Seattle WA 98124-0346 USA Bellevue WA 98008 USA
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After January 11th I will be working (as a research faculty member) at the Applied Research Lab in Pennsylvania State University:
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