Collaborative and Distributed Chemical Engineering

by Nagl, Manfred; Marquardt, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9783540705512
• ISBN10: 3540705511
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

IMPROVE stands for "Information Technology Support for Collaborative and Distributed Design Processes in Chemical Engineering" and is a large joint project of research institutions at RWTH Aachen University. This volume summarizes the results after 9 years of cooperative research work. The focus of IMRPOVE is on understanding, formalizing, evaluating, and, consequently, improving design processes in chemical engineering. In particular, IMPROVE focuses on conceptual design and basic engineering, where the fundamental decisions concerning the design or redesign of a chemical plant are undertaken. Design processes are analyzed and evaluated in collaboration with industrial partners.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. V
Overview
Goals, Approach, Functionality of Resulting Tools, and Project Structure	p. 1
A Model-Driven Approach for A-posteriori Tool Integration	p. 3
A Scenario Demonstrating Design Support in Chemical Engineering	p. 39
The Interdisciplinary IMPROVE Project	p. 61
Technical Results
Application Domain Modeling	p. 81
An Introduction to Application Domain Modeling	p. 83
Product Data Models	p. 93
Document Models	p. 111
Work Process Models	p. 126
Decision Models	p. 153
Integrated Application Domain Models for Chemical Engineering	p. 169
New Tool Functionality and Underlying Concepts	p. 183
Using Developers' Experience in Cooperative Design Processes	p. 185
Incremental and Interactive Integrator Tools for Design Product Consistency	p. 224
Multimedia and VR Support for Direct Communication of Designers	p. 268
An Adaptive and Reactive Management System for Project Coordination	p. 300
Platform Functionality	p. 367
Goal-Oriented Information Flow Management in Development Processes	p. 369
Service Management for Development Tools	p. 401
Integration Aspects	p. 431
Scenario-Based Analysis of Industrial Work Processes	p. 433
Integrative Simulation of Work Processes	p. 451
An Integrated Environment for Heterogeneous Process Modeling and Simulation	p. 477
Design Support of Reaction and Compounding Extruders	p. 493
Synergy by Integrating New Functionality	p. 519
Usability Engineering	p. 527
Software Integration and Framework Development	p. 555
Steps Towards a Formal Process/Product Model	p. 591
From Application Domain Models to Tools: The Sketch of a Layered Process/Product Model	p. 593
Work Processes and Process-Centered Models and Tools	p. 605
Model Dependencies, Fine-Grained Relations, and Integrator Tools	p. 612
Administration Models and Management Tools	p. 621
Process/Product Model: Status and Open Problems	p. 629
Transfer and Evaluation
Transfer to Practice	p. 641
Industrial Cooperation Resulting in Transfer	p. 643
Ontology-Based Integration and Management of Distributed Design Data	p. 647
Computer-Assisted Work Process Modeling in Chemical Engineering	p. 656
Simulation-Supported Workflow Optimization in Process Engineering	p. 666
Management and Reuse of Experience Knowledge in Extrusion Processes	p. 675
Tools for Consistency Management between Design Products	p. 696
Dynamic Process Management Based upon Existing Systems	p. 711
Service-Oriented Architectures and Application Integration	p. 727
Evaluation	p. 741
Review from a Design Process Perspective	p. 743
Review from a Tools' Perspective	p. 753
Review from an Industrial Perspective	p. 764
Review from Academic Success Perspective	p. 774
Appendices, References
Appendices	p. 781
Addresses of Involved Research Institutions	p. 781
A.2 Members of the CRC 476 and TC 61	p. 783
References	p. 785
Publications of the IMPROVE Groups	p. 785
External Literature	p. 817
Author Index	p. 851
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