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Cost Modelling References - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/costreferences.xml.
I'm developing a survey on usability, I don't think it's quite right yet, but I would still welcome anyone using it to leave feedback on my research topic (or about the survey) - Click Here to take part in a usability survey, and support my PhD research, for anyone who does not want to remain anonymous, I would be pleased to take an interest in their research.
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Taxonomy - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration1.htm.
Diagrammatic - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~phale/ELearning/ELearningDemonstration2.htm.
And asks for further advice on end-user programming.
I'm interested in feedback from anyone, whatever their level of IT skills.
This research arises out of projects to create systems to facilitate management of design and cost related knowledge within aerospace organisations. The aim of using this knowledge is to reduce the costs of designing and manufacturing products. Much of the cost of a product is committed during the design process, so an alternative for parametric costing is needed even at an early stage of design (Scanlan et al., 2002 and 2006). This research identifies ways that problems arising from the model development process can be addressed, by a new way of providing for the creation of software. We have gained experience from projects, which have used a combination of proprietary software solutions and bespoke software. Software we have created using DecisionPro (now Vanguard System) allows calculations of the cost of a design to be made, and provides a colour-coded representation of the product tree. It is then possible to output this tree in the form of web pages, interactive diagrams and code in programming languages.
When engineering organisations design and manufacture products they categorise this process into stages. From the early concept stage to the final design stage and manufacture, software is used to aid and record the process. It is common for different software to be used at different stages. If the software applications do not use open standard languages to communicate between these stages and between the various teams involved information gets lost, and not re-used as the chain of information breaks. An open standard is a language whose structure and syntax has been agreed by the World Wide Web consortium (W3C). The detail and accuracy of the information that can be provided to define the product varies along this chain. The best opportunities for cost reduction are early in the product life cycle, so it is important to gather together any information that is available on that component and any similar products. It is also important that users who enter information about a design concept be guided by historical values where possible and guidance information such as explanations, diagrams, and examples. It is essential that visual feedback is provided at every stage in the model development process in order to deal with this complex information.
In the early stages of design of a component or a system there may not be enough information for the designer to create a structured diagram(s) to represent the problem. This means uncertainty needs to be modelled and ways found to make estimates with the knowledge available.
Cost Modelling References - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/costreferences.xml.
Scanlan, J., Hill, T., Marsh, R., Bru, C., Dunkley, M., Cleevely, P., 2002. Cost Modelling for Aircraft Design Optimization, Journal of Engineering Design, 13(3), pp 261-269.
Scanlan, J., Rao, A., Bru, C., Hale, P., Marsh, R., DATUM Project: Cost Estimating Environment for Support of Aerospace Design Decision Making, 2006, Journal of Aircraft - 2006 vol. 43 no. 4.
Marsh, R., Hill, T., Scanlan, J., Dunkley, M., Cleevely, P., 2001, Probabilistic Pseudo-generative Cost Modelling Through Virtual Template Propagation CEAS Conference on Multidisciplinary Aircraft Design and Optimization June 2001 Maternushaus Koln, Germany.
Vanguard Software http://wiki.vanguardsw.com/ - Global Knowledge Portal.
Vanguard System http://www.vanguardsw.com/products/vanguard-studio/.
Aerospace - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/aerospace.htm.
Cost - Dave Evans - Research Information - David Evans Home Page.
Cost Mapping - Christophe Bru - Cost Map Samples - Christophe Bru Home Page
Cost Modelling References - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/costreferences.xml.
DATUM Project: Cost Estimating Environment for Support of Aerospace Design Decision Making - JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT - 2006 vol. 43 no. 4 - James Scanlan and Abhijit Rao - Southampton University - Christophe Bru, Peter Hale, and Rob Marsh - UWE. - September 15 2006
Engineering Examples - Aerospace - http://wiki.vanguardsw.com/bin/browse.dsb?dir/Engineering/Aerospace/ - These examples illustrate creation of component tree definitions that are then transformed to Web based representations. The information is translated from Protégé to DecisionPro (Vanguard System) to other software as required. Another type of transformation performed is that from a tree based to interactive diagrammatic representation. Further calculations can then be performed in whatever software represents the results to the user.
Models for Visualisation and/or calculation - Semantic Web Modelling Examples Page - Semantic Web Examples.
Alistair Clark - Principal Lecturer in Operational Research (OR) - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~arclark/ - Production Planning and Scheduling.
Free (or nearly-free) software for OR - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/%7Earclark/free_or_software.htm - Compiled and maintained by Alistair Clark.
Supply Chain Modelling - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/SupplyChainModelling.htm.
ACostE - http://www.acoste.org.uk/2001/webpages/index.htm - The Association of Cost Engineers.
Affordable Design: A Methodology to implement Process-Based Manufacturing Cost Models Into The Traditional Performance-Focused Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization - http://mdob.larc.nasa.gov/Conference/jamshid/bao.pdf - Han P. Bao - Old Dominion University J.A. Samareh NASA Langley Research Center.
CAD-Based Cost Estimation for a Blended Wing Body - http://mdob.larc.nasa.gov/hilites/hl.01/RACRSS_Cost_8.01.html - Han P. Bao and Jamshid A. Samareh - Multidisciplinary Optimization Branch, NASA Langley Research Center.
Cost Engineering Capability Study (South West Aerospace & Defence) - http://www.knowledgewest.org.uk/news/archive.asp?id=42 - A scoping report into Cost Engineering practices in the South West region discussing the issues of moving towards open book tendering and cost estimating practices within the supply chain. - Knowledge West - 12/12/2006 - Researchers - Mr David Evans (University of the West of England, Bristol) - Dr Richard McIntosh (University of Bath) from the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre - With assistance from: Professor A R Mileham and Dr L B Newnes (University of Bath) - Dr J Lanham and Dr R Marsh (University of the West of England, Bristol)
DATUM Project: Cost Estimating Environment for Support of Aerospace Design Decision Making - Preview - JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT - 2006 vol. 43 no. 4 - James Scanlan and Abhijit Rao - Southampton University - Christophe Bru, Peter Hale, and Rob Marsh - UWE.
ESA - An ESA Approach to Linked Cost-Engineering Databases - http://esapub.esrin.esa.it/pff/pffv7n1/novv7n1.htm - M. Novara System Studies Division, ESTEC, G. Wnuk - Cost Analysis Division, ESTEC.
ESA - Cost - Engineering - http://www.esa.int/techresources/ESTEC-Article-fullArticle_item_selected-39_1_00_par-50_1100182718714.html.
ESA - Engineering Costing Techniques in ESA - http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet81/greve81.htm - D. Greves &: B. Schreiber - Cost Analysis Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
E-Steel - http://www.e-steel.com/home.shtml - Managing Supply Risk & Material Price Volatility of your Extended Supplier Network.
FIPER and Cost Estimator - http://www.engineous.com/product_FIPER_specifications.htm.
Journal of the Operational Research Society - http://www.orsoc.org.uk/publication/jors.htm.
Nasa Aircraft Engines - Simulation - Requires Java Virtual Machine (free download) - EngineSim Version 1.7a .
NASA - Cost Estimating Web Site - http://cost.jsc.nasa.gov/models.htm - Online Cost Models.
NASA - Development of Parametric Mass and Volume Models for an Aerospace SOFC/Gas Turbine Hybrid System - http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/GLTRS/browse.pl?2005/TM-2005-213819.html - Robert Tornabene, Xiao-yen Wang, Christopher J. Steffen, Jr., and Joshua E. Freeh - July 2005.
Nasa - Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook - http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/PCEHHTML/pceh.htm.
NASA - Parametric Model of an Aerospace Rocket Engine (2000) - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/373533.html - J.J. Korte - 2000.
Rolls-Royce - Securing the Future at Rolls-Royce - http://www.e-steel.com/resources/pdfs/Rolls-Royce_A_Closer_Look.pdf - Managing Materials Risk for the Extended Supply Chain.
Technosoft Adaptive Modelling - http://www.technosoft.com/publications.php.
Technosoft Adaptive Modelling - http://www.technosoft.com/docs/AIAA_2002_1296_SDM_02.pdf - STRUCTURAL DESIGN, ANALYSIS, OPTIMIZATION, AND COST MODELING USING THE ADAPTIVE MODELING LANGUAGE.
The International Society of Parametric Analysts - http://www.ispa-cost.org - ISPA is a professional society dedicated to the improvement and promotion of: - parametric cost modeling techniques and methodologies - risk analysis - econometrics - design-to-cost - technology forecasting - cost management.
Vanguard - http://www.lean-service.com/home.asp - The Toyota System for Service Organisations.
Vanguard Home Page - http://www.vanguardsw.com/
Vanguard Global Knowledge Portal - http://wiki.vanguardsw.com/ - Iris - Global Knowledge Portal - network of example models - to provide solutions to common problems.
Vanguard Global Knowledge Portal - Engineering - Aerospace - http://wiki.vanguardsw.com/bin/browse.dsb?dir/Engineering/Aerospace/ - Iris - Global Knowledge Portal - network of example models - to provide solutions to common problems.
Vanguard Global Knowledge Portal - Spar Example - Wing Spar Example - Spar - Translated from Protégé Ontology - outputs results to other languages - e.g. XML, SVG, Java.
Vanguard System performs costing and decision support calculations based on equations entered in Protégé. The resultant calculated tree is then output into a variety of visualation tools that read and display semantic XML based languages, or translated into other languages such as Java for Cost Estimator.
Vanguard System - Web-based Collaborative Modeling for Enterprise Simulation and Planning - http://www.vanguardsw.com/vanguard-system/vanguard-system.pdf.
Vision Spaceport Synergy Team - http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/nexgen/Nexgen_Downloads/VSPcostReportNEW_1_by_CCT_1999.doc - Spaceport Cost Model Research Report - December, 1999.
WEB based cost estimation models for the manufacturing of advanced composites - https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/8558 - Authors: Pas, Joshua W. (Joshua Wasawit), 1977 - Thesis advisor: Timothy Gutowski. Department: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Cost Modelling References - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/costreferences.xml.
A Cost Estimating Model for Aerospace Procurement - http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMATIO2004_1008/PV2004_6237.pdf - P. Watson, R. Curran, A. Murphy, S. Cowan, P. Hawthorne, N. Watson - Pro-COST EST - AIAA 4th Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Forum - 20 - 22 September 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
A Decision Support System for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Cost Estimation. Eaglesham, M. 1998. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, PhD
A design to cost system for innovative product development 2002 Shehab E M Abdalla H S Proc Instn Mech Engrs 216.
A knowledge-based decision support system for cost estimation and pricing decisions in versatile manufacturing companies - http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/proeco/v53y1997i2p119-139.html - International Journal of Production Economics Volume 53, Issue 2 , 20 November 1997, Pages 119-139.
A Knowledge-based system to support procurement decision 2005 Lau H C W A Ning, K F Pun, K S Chin, W H Ip Journal of Knowledge Management 9 1 87-100.
A methodology for modelling manufacturing costs at conceptual design - Computers and Industrial Engineering archive - Volume 35 , Issue 3-4 (December 1998) table of contents Selected papers from the 22nd ICC&IE conference Pages: 623 - 626 -Year of Publication: 1998 - ISSN:0360-8352 - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=306896.307241.
A spreadsheet-based decision support system for wood panel manufacturing (2000) - Buehlmann U, Ragsdale C T, Gfeller B, Decision Support Systems Vol 29.
A STUDY OF LIFE CYCLE COSTING IN THE PERSPECTIVES OF RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Wai M. Cheung, Robert Marsh, Linda B. Newnes, John D. Lanham, Antony R. Mileham, - Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2007 - September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Activity-Based Costing in a Manufacturing Resource Planning Environment, Sherrard W. Fall 1997 meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), October 26-29, 1997, Dallas, Texas.
Advanced product development integration architecture: an out-of-box solution to support distributed production networks - Cheung, W. M., Matthews, P. C., Gao, J. X., Maropoulos, P. G., 2007. International Journal of Production Research March 2007.
An Intelligent Knowledge-Based System for Product Cost Modelling - http://www.springerlink.com/content/vwmxrqt9raqbmyrw/ - E. Shehab and H. Abdalla - Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2002) 19:49-65.
Cost Engineering: Why, What and How? - Decision Engineering Report Series - Edited by Rajkumar Roy and Clive Kerr - By Rajkumar Roy - July 2003.
Cost Estimating for Low Volume Long Life Products in Electronic Defence Systems, Robert Marsh, W.M. Cheung, IeMRC Annual Conference, Loughborough University, 5th September 2007.
Cost Estimation During Design Step: Parametric Method versus Case Based Reasoning Method 1999 Duverlie P J M Castelain International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 15 pp. 895-906 - http://www.springerlink.com/content/em2tfc7vxnutu3ql/.
Cost estimation in mechanical production: The Cost Entity approach applied to integrated product engineering - http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/proeco/v103y2006i1p17-35.html - Fehmi H'midaa, Patrick Martin, Francois Vernadat - Int. J. Production Economics 103 (2006) 17-35.
COST ESTIMATION IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS EVALUATION, Wai M. Cheung, Antony R. Mileham, Robert Marsh, Linda B. Newnes, John D. Lanham, Proceedings of DET2007 4th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology - Bath, United Kingdom, 19-21 September 2007.
Cost Estimation Method Selection, 2006, Evans D, ICEC and IPMA - Global Congress on Project Management - Matching User Requirements and Knowledge Availability to Methods - Presentation - Adobe PDF - Paper - Paper - Adobe PDF.
Cost Estimation Method Selection - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cems/graduateschool/news/posters/01-05-06/David%20Evans%20poster.pdf - UWE Graduate School Poster Presentation Summer 2006 - Adobe PDF - CEMS Graduate School - http://www.uwe.ac.uk/cems/graduateschool/.
Cost Estimation Method Selection: Matching User REequirements and Knowledge Acailability to Methods - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/DEvans/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Paper%20for%20ICEC.pdf - D.K. Evans, Dr J.D. Lanham, Dr R. Marsh - ICEC and IPMA - Global Congress on Project Management - Ljubljana - Slovenia.
Cost Estimation Tool Integrated into FIPER, Koonce, D., Judd, R., Keyser, T., Bailey, M. A. 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. http://www.engineous.com/resources.htm.
Cost evaluation in design form features. Feng, C., Kusiak, A., Huang, C., 1996. Computer Aided Design, Vol 28(11), pp 879-885.
Cost Modelling for Aircraft Design Optimisation, 2000, Scanlan J, Hill T, Marsh R, Bru C, 2000, Engineering Design Conference June 2000, Brunel University.
Cost Modelling for Aircraft Design Optimization, 2002, J. Scanlan, T. Hill, R. Marsh, C. Bru , M. Dunkley , P. Cleevely, Journal of Engineering Design, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp. 261-269.
Cost modelling using Intranet Technologies, 2001, Scanlan J, Hale P, 7Th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising 27th June 2001 Bremen Germany.
DATUM Project: Cost Estimating Environment for Support of Aerospace Design Decision Making, 2006, Scanlan J, Rao A, Bru C, Hale P, Marsh R, Journal of Aircraft - 2006 vol. 43 no. 4.
Developing an Integrated Framework for Feature-Based Early Manufacturing Cost Estimation, 1997, Qu-Yang, C., Lin, T. S., 1997, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol 13 pp 618-629 - http://www.springerlink.com/content/g00x0512xq656802/.
Estimating and Cost (2000) - Sweeney - The Cost Engineer - Vol 38 Issue 4 - Subjects - Projects, Risk, Cost, Estimation.
Feature-based cost estimation for packaging products using neural networks 1996 Zhang Y F J Y H Fuh, W T Chan Computers in Industry 32 95-113
Generation and Cognitive Representation of Cost Information over a Network, 2003, Bru C, Scanlan J, Hale P, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising, Espoo (Finland), 16-18 June 2003, pp. 301-309.
Information systems in supply chain integration and management - http://www.whiceb.com/CICEB/document/Information%20systems%20in%20supply%20chain%20integration.pdf - A. Gunasekaran, E.W.T. Ngai - European Journal of Operational Research 159 (2004) 269-295 - Supply chain management (SCM) is the 21st century global operations strategy for achieving organizational competitiveness. Companies are attempting to find ways to improve their flexibility and responsiveness and in turn competitiveness by changing their operations strategy, methods and technologies that include the implementation of SCM paradigm and information technology (IT). However, a thorough and critical review of literature is yet to be carried out with the objective of bringing out pertinent factors and useful insights into the role and implications of IT in SCM. In this paper, the literature available on IT in SCM have been classified using suitable criteria and then critically reviewed to develop a framework for studying the applications of IT in SCM. Based on this review and analysis, recommendations have been made regarding the application of IT in SCM and some future research directions are indicated.
Knowledge based-system for alternative design, cost estimating and scheduling 2002 Mohamed Abdulrezak Tahir Celik Knowledge-Based Systems 15 177-188
Learning inexpensive parametric design models using an augmented genetic programming technique - PETER C. MATTHEWS, DAVID W.F. STANDINGFORD, CARREN M.E. HOLDEN, KEN M. WALLACE, - AI EDAM (2006), 20: 1-18 Cambridge University Press.
Life cycle cost analysis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_cycle_cost_analysis - Wikipedia.
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) - http://www.wbdg.org/design/lcca.php - Sieglinde Fuller - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Manufacturing cost modelling for concurrent product development - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V4P-43854DD-8&_user=122883&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000010139&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=122883&md5=05432463ebeeab7935bcdacb2e78bd05 - E. M. Shehab, H. S. Abdalla - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing - Volume 17, Issue 4 , August 2001, Pages 341-353.
MODELLING AN ASSEMBLY PROCESS USING A CLOSE COUPLED GENERATIVE COST MODEL AND A DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION, Robert Marsh, Wai M. Cheung, Antony R. Mileham, Linda B. Newnes, John D. Lanham, - Proceedings of - DET2007 4th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology - Bath, United Kingdom, 19-21 September 2007.
Modelling manufacturing cost uncertainty with input distributions and exemplars, 2002, Marsh Hill Scanlan Cleeveley Dunkley, 9th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Cranfield University, JULY, 2002 881-890.
OWL/SWRL representation methodology for EXPRESS-driven product information model Part I. Implementation methodology, Zhao, W. and Liu, J.K. 2008. Computers in Industry - Article in Press, Corrected Proof - Abstract - This paper presents an ontology-based approach to enable semantic interoperability and reasoning over the product information model. The web ontology language (OWL) and the semantic web rule language (SWRL) in the Semantic Web are employed to construct the product information model. The traditional modeling language called EXPRESS is discussed. The representation methodology for EXPRESS-driven product information model is then proposed. The key of the representation methodology is mapping from EXPRESS to OWL/SWRL. Some illustrated examples are presented. - Keywords - Product information model; OWL; SWRL; EXPRESS; Ontology representation.
Preliminary Findings from the DECIDE project, 2002, Hale P, Scanlan J, Bru, C, Dunkley M, ISPE/CE2002 Concurrent Engineering Conference Cranfield University p 839 - HTML HTML Word doc Adobe PDF.
Principles for Lifecycle Cost Estimates - http://akss.dau.mil/DAG/Guidebook/IG_c3.7.asp - Department of Defense - US.
Probabilistic Pseudo-generative Cost Modelling Through Virtual Template Propagation 2001 Marsh Rob Terry Hill, J Scanlan, Martin Dunkley, Paul Cleevely CEAS Conference on Multidisciplinary Aircraft Design and Optimization June 2001 Maternushaus Koln, Cologne, Germany.
Provision of a Web Based Decision Support system for Wing Box Tooling, 2001, Hale P, Scanlan J, Hill T, Nour M, Bru C, Jocelyn A, Round M, Dunkley M, 7th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising - HTML HTML Word doc Adobe PDF.
Review of aerospace engineering cost modelling:The genetic causal approach - http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=A058351861AH - Curran, R, Raghunathan, S, Price, M, Progress in Aerospace Sciences. Vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 487-534. Nov. 2004.
Review of whole-life cost estimating approaches, Antony R. Mileham, Linda B. Newnes, Wai M. Cheung, Robert Marsh, John D. Lanham, Journal of Engineering Design, June 2007.
Risk Analysis Without Monte Carlo Simulation, 2000, Sweeting Jack, The Cost Engineer May 2000 17-20
Structural Design, Analysis, Optimization, and Cost Modeling Using the Adaptive Modeling Language - http://www.technosoft.com/docs/AIAA_2002_1296_SDM_02.pdf - John Marino, Adel Chemaly.
Using Formal Design Techniques to Select Cost Estimation Methods for Cost Modelling, D. Evans, J. Lanham, and R. Marsh, 2007 - AIAA-2007-7797, 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Belfast Sept 2007.
Visualisation of Cost Information 2002 Bru C, Scanlan J Hale P, Dunkley M, 9th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Cranfield University.
Visualization of Cost Information, 2004 Bru C, Scanlan J, Hale P, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 53-59.
Web Based Cost Estimation for Advanced Composites. Gutowski, T. G., Haffner, S. M., Pas J. W., 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 2002.
Modelling - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/Modelling.htm#Conferencesrecentandfuture.
Systems Engineering, Estimation, Decision Support - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/amrc/seeds/#Conferencesrecentandfuture.
INCOSE UK Chapter - Bristol Local Group
Interfaces, Interaction and Emergence
The event will take place in Room 2D7 (past the shops in the middle of campus, up the stairs through the library/reception area, and then down the corridor on the left hand side) on the University of the West of England (UWE), Frenchay Campus, Bristol. This is a different room to the one normally used for the past two years, but is in the same area of campus and was used for the MODAF tools event.
Following the special one-day event in January, normal Bristol Local Group service is now resumed with our next event: Interfaces, Interaction and Emergence.
Interfaces are probably the hardest part of engineering a system, and the part most prone to late surprises. Yet in Systems Engineering, interfaces and interactions give us the emergent system properties, which are so powerful if harnessed properly. This presentation will feature Bob Dale giving practical examples of interfaces and real anecdotes from his own experience, with comments from other areas of Systems Engineering.
INCOSE International Council on systems Engineering - Bristol - http://www.incose.org.uk/bristol.htm - Events Page - http://www.incose.org.uk/events.htm - INCOSE Events.
3D-MINTEGRATION 2007 Conference http://www.3d-mintegration.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=1 - will be held at the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre at Loughborough on October 29/30.
CE 2006 Conference Website - http://www.ce2006.org/ - 13th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications Antibes France 18 - 22 September, 2006.
CE 2007 - The 14th International Conference on Conccurrent Engineering - http://ce2007.lit.inpe.br/ - Welcome to the official CE'2007 website - Brazil 16th - 20th July.
BCS Sociotechnical group - London - http://www.cet.sunderland.ac.uk/webedit/allweb/news/SocioTechNorthCalendar.htm - The British Computer Society's SocioTech group hosts talks and events that relate to IT technology and its social impact. The talks are an excellent opportunity to find out about the variety of work in academic research and industry.
BCS Sociotechnical group - London - http://users.wmin.ac.uk/~coakese/lecture_series.htm - Professor George Rzevski and Anastasios Smeros - Complexity and Multi-Agent Technology - (Practical Applications) - Univ of Westminster - December 5th 2007.
BCS Sociotechnical group - London - http://users.wmin.ac.uk/~coakese/lecture_series.htm - 2008 - January date tba - Dr John P Carney - Industrial and Academic Co-ordinator DSTL/MOD - Confessions of a Knowledge Manager.
BCS Sociotechnical group - London - http://users.wmin.ac.uk/~coakese/lecture_series.htm - Dr Nadia Papamichail - Manchester Business School - 7th May 2008 - Best practice in decision making.
Digital Enterprise Technology DET2007 - http://www.det-conf.org.uk/index.html - Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) is "the collection of systems and methods for the digital modelling and analysis of the global product development and realisation process, in the context of lifecycle management." The principal aim of DET 2007 is to provide an international forum for the exchange of leading edge scientific knowledge and industrial experience regarding the development and integration of the various aspects of DET - 19-21 September 2007.
ECEC'2008 - Concurrent Engineering - http://www.eurosis.org/cms/index.php?q=node/433 - April 9-11, 2008, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal - The conference aim of ECEC'2008 is to provide European Researchers with a forum, where they can discuss the latest developments linked to concurrent engineering focused on European research projects.
ICE - http://www.ice-conference.org/2006/ - 12th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising - Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy, 26-28 June 2006.
ICE'2008: the 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENT ENTERPRISING - Lisbon - Portugal, 23-25 June 2008 - http://www.ice-conference.org/ - The ICE conference is a premier forum to enable practitioners, researchers as well as tool vendors to present, demonstrate and share the results and achievements of their work in the broad domain of Concurrent Enterprising.
International Conference on Digital Factory (ICDF 2008) - http://www.icdf2008.info/ - Coimbatore (India) from August 11-13 - In high precision manufacturing industries, digital systems are widely used to automate various systems and processes. The advances in microchip and computer technology have bridged the gap between traditional electronic control and process control engineering. The increasing demand on quality and productivity of products and services change the industrial dynamics on several fronts including economics, research, technical knowledge, cost, reliability, modernization and so on. To match these demands of increased quality at lower cost, more and more industries are moving towards digital technology. Digital based technology in modern systems established in every field is already changing the existing traditional systems. Besides globalised e-commerce, manufacturing with its growing knowledge is more and more being operated on internet platform also.
ISPE - The 14th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering:Research and Applications - http://www.ispe-org.net - July 16-20, 2007 - São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
National Aerospace Forum Conference - 12-13 September 2007 - BRISTOL COUNCIL HOUSE - http://www.aau.ac.uk/naf.htm - National Aerospace Forum - 12th and 13th September 2007.
"New Business Opportunities in Space". One-day space conference. Organised by the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF).
Tuesday 24 July 2007 at Exeter, Devon
Details http://www.weaf.co.uk
Space is a fast-growing business. Data from satellites of various kinds is finding ever wider applications. ESA and NASA have ambitious plans for new programmes involving human spaceflight. Space tourism is within sight of becoming a serious business. - WEAF is offering its members an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in this one-day conference. - The major players of the space industry will outline new opportunities, SMEs will be able to market themselves, and space tourism companies will outline their plans. - This is a conference for both aviation and space companies, because space tourism blends current space technology with carrying passengers safely, and this requires aviation skills and experience.
The New Space Age - Presentation to WEAF Space Conference - 24 July 2007 by David Ashford, Bristol Spaceplanes Limited and - Fabian Eilingsfeld, Price Systems.
SME Presentation - Scisys - with a focus on Space Exploration... - Presentation to WEAF Space Conference - July 2007 - Chris Lee, SciSys Space - Chair of UKspace Space Science Industrial Committee.
SME Presentation - IGG Components - Roger Buckley - IGG - ALTER Technology Group.
SME Presentation - SEA - Making a living in space - perspectives from the viewpoint of a South-West SME - Dr Chris P Chaloner - Business Development Executive, Aero-Space Division.
VIVACE 2007 - Forum 3, 17-19 October 2007 - http://www.vivaceproject.com/content/forum3/forum3.php - Forum 3, 17-19 October 2007 - This public Forum will be held on 17th to 19th October 2007 at the Diagora congress centre at Labège on the south-eastern outskirts of Toulouse. It will comprise plenary sessions interspersed with short parallel sessions. There will be a press briefing on the morning of day 1. - This three-day Forum will be constructed around the full set of services and results developed during the project and will show how these are being and can be exploited both within the European Aeronautical and Space Industry and the transport vehicle market in general. The presentations and demonstrations will cover themes of system and component simulation, whole engine development, supply chain manufacturing workflow simulation, etc. and will represent selected "use cases", i.e. real industrial simulations of a part of the aircraft or the engine or of a development process.
SEEDS Page - SEEDS Home Page
Software Engineering Research Group - http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/cccs/researchgroup.php?menu=off&group=serg - SERG's mission is to bridge the gap between software engineering research and its application to different disciplines.
Peter Home Page - Peter Hale Home Page
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