CERC Technical Report Series

Research Note

CERC-TR-TM-91-015

INTEGRATING A CONCURRENT ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT

V. Jagannathan
J. Cleetus
R. Kannan
J. Toth, University of Pittsburgh
V. Saks, Carnegie Group
September 1991

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).

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* To appear in the Proceedings of CALS Expo ?91, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov ?91.

Integrating a Concurrent Engineering Environment

V. Jagannathan*, K. J. Cleetus, R. Kannan, Concurrent Engineering Research Center

J. Toth*
Univeristy of Pittsburgh

V. Saks*
Carnegie Group Inc.

Abstract

The Application Message Interface (AMI) is a software system designed and developed as part of the DARPA Initiative in Concurrent Engineering (DICE). The primary role of AMI is to serve as a flexible method of integration in a Concurrent Engineering (CE) environment. CE environments must support CE activities related to coordinating the team, supporting muti-media communications, and allowing the sharing of all relevant information. CE environments are distributed over a wide-area network and must support evolutionary changes to the environment. AMI is a prototype software system aimed at facilitating seamless integration in such an environment.

* The author was with Cimflex Teknowledge during the course of the development of this work

Acknowledgment: 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).