Journal of Information Technology Application (정보기술응용연구)
- Volume 1
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- Pages.99-127
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- 1999
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- 1229-3210(pISSN)
Agent-Based Collaborative Design System and Case-Based Conflict Resolution
원격공동설계 시스템 구축을 위한 에이전트 기반 접근 및 사례기반 의사충돌 해결
Abstract
Under the concept of global economy, the enterprises are assigning design and production environments around the world in different areas. A serious problem of information exchange emerges as companies use traditional hardware and very distinct softwares appropriate to their field of expertise. To overcome the decreased productivity due to the interruption of information, the concept of simultaneous engineering and concurrent design becomes very significant. In this article, an agent-based ship design system is developed in order to support a cooperation in distributed ship design environments. Above all, the conflicts that occur in the middle of knowledge sharing in the system must be resolved. An approach to do this is the case-based conflict resolution strategy formulated to resolve current conflict on the basis of previous resolved similar cases in agent-based collaborative design system environments. To do this conflict cases that occur in initial ship design stage are extracted. On the basis of the extracted cases, case-base is constructed. In addition conflict resolution handler located in the facilitator is developed to treat conflict problems effectively by reasoning of the case-base and thus presenting an appropriate solution. The validation of developed case-based conflict resolution strategy is evaluated by applying to collaborative design process in initial ship design stage, especially the machinery outfitting design, the preliminary design, the hullform design, and the structural design. Through the help of the cooperation of the design agents, the facilitator, the conflict resolution handler, and the case-based system, a designer can be supported effectively in his/her decision-making based on the previous cases resolved similarly.
최근 기업의 생산성 향상을 위한 설계 및 생산 환경의 분산화에 따른 원격지 공동설계의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 마찬가지로 선박설계 과정도 그 과정이 매우 복잡하고 많은 양의 데이터를 다루고 있는 작업으로서 그 환경이 분산화, 이질화됨에 따라 최근 들어 CSCW (Computer Supported Collaborative Work)의 요구가 증대되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 분산된 선박설계 환경에서의 원격지 공동설계를 지원하기 위한 에이전트기반 선박설계 시스템을 개발하였다. 특히 여기서는 에이전트간의 정보교환 및 지식공유 과정에서 발생하는 의사충돌 문제를 해결하기 위하여 사례기반 추론 기법을 이용하여 이의 해결을 시도하였다. 설계 에이전트, 이들을 중재하는 퍼실리테이터, 충돌 처리기, 그리고 사례기반 시스템의 유기적인 도움을 받아 설계자는 설계과정에서 발생하는 설계 시스템간의 의사충돌 문제에 대한 의사결정을 과거의 유사한 문제해결 사례로부터 효과적으로 처리할 수 있다.
Keywords
- Concurrent Engineering;
- Collaborative Work;
- Agent-Based System;
- Conflict Resolution;
- Case-Based Reasoning;
- Ship Design