TY  - CHAP
A1  - Cheng, Jinxing
A1  - Lau, Gloria
A1  - Law, Kincho
T1  - A simulation access language and framework for project management applications
N2  - As computer programs become ever more complex, software development has shifted from focusing on programming towards focusing on integration. This paper describes a simulation access language (SimAL) that can be used to access and compose software applications over the Internet. Specifically, the framework is developed for the integration of tools for project management applications. The infrastructure allows users to specify and to use existing heterogeneous tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Primavera Project Planner, and AutoCAD) for simulation of project scenarios. This paper describes the components of the SimAL language and the implementation efforts required in the development of the SimAL framework. An illustration example bringing on-line weather forecasting service for project scheduling and management applications is provided to demonstrate the use of the simulation language and the infrastructure framework.
KW  - Hochschulbildung
KW  - Entscheidungsunterstützung
KW  - Projektmanagement
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1567
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Miles, John
A1  - Joita, Liviu
A1  - Burnap, Peter
T1  - Collaborative Engineering: Virtual Teams in a Grid Environment Supporting Consortia in the Construction Industry
N2  - In the AEC (Architecture / Engineering / Construction) industry a number of individuals and organisations collaborate and work jointly on a construction project. The resulting consortium has large pool of expertise and experience and can be defined as a Virtual Organisation (VO) formed for the duration of the project. VOs are electronically networked organisations where IT and web based communication technology play an important role in coordinating various activities of these organisations. This paper describes the design, development and implementation of a Grid enabled application called the Product Supplier Catalogue Database (PSCD) which supports collaborative working in consortia. As part of the Grid-enabling process, specialised metadata is being developed to enable PSCD to effectively utilise Grid middleware such as Globus and Java CoG toolkits. We also describe our experience whilst designing, developing and deploying the security service of the application using the Globus Security Interface (GSI).
KW  - Ingenieurbau
KW  - Verteiltes System
KW  - Planungsprozess
KW  - Modellierung
KW  - Projektmanagement
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1362
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Breit, Manfred
A1  - Kündig, Daniel
A1  - Häubi, Fritz
T1  - Project oriented learning environment (POLE-Europe)
N2  - The presented work focuses on collaboration- experiences gathered with complex design and engineering projects, using the learning platform POLE- Europe. Within the POLE environment student-teams from different universities, disciplines and cultural backgrounds are assigned to real-world projects with clearly defined design - tasks, usually to be accomplished within one semester while working in a virtual environment for most of the time. The concept of POLE and the information and collaboration technology is described.
KW  - Bautechnik
KW  - Computerunterstütztes Lernen
KW  - Projektmanagement
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-935
ER  -