CERC Technical Report Series

Technical Memoranda

CERC-TR-RN-90-010

A Blackboard Framework
to Support Concurrent Engineering

F?lix Londo?o, B.S., M.S.C.S

1990

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This effort has been sponsored by Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), under contract No. MDA972-88-C-0047 for DARPA Initiative in Concurrent Engineering(DICE).

Concurrent Engineering Research Center
West Virginia University
Drawer 2000, Morgantown WV 26506

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A Blackboard Framework
to Support Concurrent Engineering

Dissertation

Submitted to the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of
West Virginia University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

by

F?lix Londo?o, B.S., M.S.C.S

Morgantown
West Virginia
1990

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Acknowledgments*

I want to express my gratitude to my research adviser, Dr. Ramana Reddy, for giving me the opportunity to become involved in research on concurrent engineering. It has been a fruitful experience, and I am indebted to him for his continuous support and guidance during my studies, work, and research activities at West Virginia University.