26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-1.11.1 (AIAA 2008-8947)

MDO DESIGN SUPPORT BY INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SERVICES WITHIN A MULTI-AGENT TASK ENVIRONMENT

J. P. T. J. Berends, M. J. L. Van Tooren
TU Delft, Netherlands

Keywords: Service Oriented Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation, Design and Engineering Engine, Multi-agent Task Environment, Engineering Frameworks

The MDO process of products can be supported by automation of analysis and optimisation steps. A Design and Engineering Engine (DEE) is a useful concept to structure this automation. To power the automatic analysis an agent based framework has been developed to support human and agent teams providing Engineering Services.

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