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05494396 Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, Zhiqiang Luo, Le Duan, Shuangyue Organization evaluation of product development process using agent based simulation. Shen, Weiming (ed.) et al., Computer supported cooperative work in design IV. 11th international conference, CSCWD 2007, Melbourne, Australia, April 26--28, 2007. Revised selected papers. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-540-92718-1/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5236, 282-293 (2008). 2008 Berlin: Springer EN Collaborative Product Development Organization Simulation Human Factors Intelligent Agent

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92719-8_26

Summary: In order to evaluate human and organization factors, an agent-based simulation approach is proposed, which simulates design process as a continuous interaction process of design agents and environment. Aiming at the characteristics of collaborative design work, the designer's agent model is constructed and collaboration process of the agent is described using Petri Nets. Simulation program is developed and experiments are conducted based on the agent model. The input parameters and evaluation criteria of the simulation are studied in detail. The elementary simulation result shows the accordance with the practical organization principles. The agent-based simulation provides a quantitative and dynamic method to evaluate and improve human and organization factors in collaborative product development process.