Cooperative working environments and their development are becoming increasingly important and ever more frequent in different industrial sectors and this book provides a scientific approach for managing Team Engineering. Meta-cognitive knowledge and networks are identified as the key resources enabling engineering teams to work effectively and to reduce engineering time and this book illustrates how computer support can aid cooperative work within the context of practical methodologies and examples.
The fields covered in the book include:

• State-of-the-art research in cooperative learning tools;
• Practical examples and methodologies illustrating the implementation of cooperative networks; and
• An interdisciplinary approach to team engineering.
  This valuable new book is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and will be essential reading for researchers, engineers, technical managers involved in the development of advanced applications for engineering and manufacturing, and software design and engineering.

Inhalt
Manufacturing Systems In The 21st Century.- Complexity Of Manufacturing Systems: Subject Oriented Knowledge Processing And Control.- A Unified Decision Support Tool For Product Mangement.- Knowledge Organization And Govern For Flexibility In Manufacturing.- Comparison of decentralised and centralised computer based production control.- Enterprise integration with agent-based engineering data management.- Collaborative Capture Of Geometry Rationale.- Design Knowledge Representation. Retrieval And Delivery for Cooperative Knowledge Processing.- Application Of An Object Repository As An Example Of Cooperative Knowledge Processing.- Supporting Early Design Stages Of Technical Systems by Knowledge-based Simulation.- The Transaction Costs Analysis of the Customer-Supplier Relationships in Product Development. The Case of the Car Manufacturing Industry.- A Discourse Model For Collaborative Design.- Unified Representations Systems for Different Levels of Abstractions.- Information Management for Cooperative Engineering.- Flexible Manufacturing System Simulation Using Sentinel an Active Object Oriented Database Management System.- Engineering Plasma Spray Films By Knowledge Based Simulations.- Cooperation Via Conflicts In Manufacturing Systems.- Using Joint Responsibility To Coordinate Cooperative Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments.- Product Modelling and Model Based Product Realisation.- From Tools to Glue.- Expanding The Design Space Through Innovative Design and Manufacturing Processes.