Advanced engineering environments : achieving the vision : phase 1 / Committee on Advanced Engineering Environments, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. Committee on Advanced Engineering Environments.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering design.

Process control.

Industrial design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in the capabilities of technologies applicable to distributed networking, telecommunications, multi-user computer applications, and interactive virtual reality are creating opportunities for users in the same or separate locations to engage in interdependent, cooperative activities using a common computer-based environment. These capabilities have given rise to relatively new interdisciplinary efforts to unite the interests of mission-oriented communities with those of the computer and social science communities to create integrated, tool-oriented computation and communication systems. These systems can enable teams in widespread locations to collaborate using the newest instruments and computing resources. The benefits are many. For example, a new paradigm for intimate collaboration between scientists and engineers is emerging. This collaboration has the potential to accelerate the development and dissemination of knowledge and optimize the use of instruments and facilities, while minimizing the time between the discovery and application of new technologies. Advanced Engineering Environments: Achieving the Vision, Phase 1 describes the benefits and feasibility of ongoing efforts to develop and apply advanced engineering environments (AEEs), which are defined as particular implementations of computational and communications systems that create integrated virtual and/or distributed environments linking researchers, technologists, designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and customers.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Current Practices

3 Requirements and Alternatives

4 Barriers

5 A Historic Opportunity Findings and Recommendations

Appendix A Statement of Task

Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Appendix C Participants in Committee Meetings

Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309172950

0309172950

9780309519526

0309519527

9780585197203

0585197202

OCLC:

44957690