Analysis of organisations to integrate multi-agent design systems into IT landscapes
Year: 2013
Editor: Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini
Author: Kratzer, Martin; Binz, Hansgeorg; Roth, Daniel
Series: ICED
Institution: Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design (IKTD), University of Stuttgart, Germany
Page(s): 307-316
ISBN: 978-1-904670-46-9
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
Recent contributions in engineering design research demand qualitative and quantitative criteria to analyse organisations in order to judge whether information systems in engineering design (i.e. knowledge-based engineering systems) are generally applicable within these organisations. This analysis should be carried out within the early stages of the development of these systems. The present paper is taken up this idea and focuses on multi-agent design systems (MADS) as one kind of knowledge-based engineering systems. By using the design engineering transformation system from design theory, suitable aspects of organisations (so called success factors) are developed. The actual results are qualitative criteria, which are subordinated to the success factors. In order to operationalise the criteria, applicable questions are derived. Finally, the criteria and questions deliver support to knowledge engineers in the early phases of the development of MADS. After a practical relevance has been evaluated, the success factors, criteria and questions are prepared for using them in the development of all knowledge-based engineering systems.
Keywords: Multi-agent design systems, analysis of organisations, knowledge management