Developing multiagent systems for design activity analysis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory IRTES-M3M, UTBM - University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, 9010 Belfort Cedex, France;2. ESTA–School of Business & Engineering, 9010 Belfort Cedex, France;1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India;2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India;3. Department of Production and Systems Engineering & ALGORITHMI Research Centre, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal;4. CIDEM, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal;5. Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal;1. Dept. of Instrumentation and Control, MIT, Manipal, Udupi 576104, India;2. Dept. of Mechatronics, MIT, Manipal, Udupi 576104, India;3. Department of Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering, Jadavpur University, India;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;2. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;3. Department of Fundamental & Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;1. Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Kilevej 14A, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark;2. Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, København, Denmark;3. VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research, Herluf Trollesgade 11, DK- 1052, København, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Engineering design is a complex socio-technical activity characterized by co-evolution of problem and solution. However, the actual design theories are not well-suited to represent and model the complexity of design activity, the co-evolution and its dynamics. Therefore, there is a need to develop design activity reasoning theories and tools, which can theorize and simulate the model of co-evolution and its dynamics. Multiagent systems have the capacity to play an important role in developing and analyzing models and theories of interactivity in socio-technical societies, particularly in design. This paper first addresses a theory for design activity reasoning. Then, it will present a multiagent system, called ADEA (Agents-based DEsign activity Analysis), in order to model, simulate and analyze this theory. The agents of the ADEA platform formalize the necessary design roles, characterizing the design activity as well as the relationship between design parameters in the design space. ADEA’s platform shows that cognitive limitation of role agents has been overcome, considering their relationship with the design space modeled as a network of design parameter agents. |
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| Keywords: | Design activity theory Socio-technical processes Smart agent technologies Multiagent systems |
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