Collaboration with other members of the supply chain is one means by which enterprises can compete in today’s global business environment. Thus, early stages of the new product development process involve both technical activities, e.g. product platform definition and commercial activities, e.g. bidding for contracts. This paper introduces a bidding-based product conceptualization and partner s...

This paper attempts to establish a systems-semiotic framework explaining creativity in the design process, where the design process is considered to have as its basis the cognitive process. The design process is considered as the interaction between two or more cognitive systems resulting in a purposeful and ongoing transformation of their already complex representational structures and the pro...

SystemCSP is a graphical modeling language based on both CSP and concepts of component-based software development. The component framework of SystemCSP enables specification of both interaction scenarios and relative execution ordering among components. Specification and implementation of interaction among participating components is formalized via the notion of interaction contract. The used a...

This paper attempts to establish a systems-theoretic framework supporting creativity in the design process, where the design process is considered to have as its basis the cognitive process. The design process is considered as a purposeful and ongoing transformation of already complex representational structures and the production of newer ones, in order to fulfil an ill-defined goal. Creativit...