This paper is interested in e-commerce for complex configurable products/systems. In ecommerce, satisfying the customer needs is a vital concern. One particular way to achieve this is to offer customers a panel of options among which they can select their preferred ones. While solution exists, they are not adapted for highly complex configurable systems such as product lines. This paper propose...

RHOMBOS Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte biblio-grafische Daten sind im Internet über http:// About 25 years ago AI researchers developed the first framework for structure-based configuration, i.e. for building complex technical systems from computer-base...

The design and production of goods that satisfy the special needs of individual customers are of central interest to the European industry. A major trend is to improve customer specific adaptation with configurable products. We are interested in the methods, practices and tools that support product configuration tasks. The research described in this paper is meant to guide our future work. We h...

In this paper, the multi-purpose machines problem denoted MPM |split|Cmax is considered. In such a problem, each machine is qualified to process a subset of product types but not necessarily all the product types. The set of the qualifications machine/product represents the configuration of the multi-purpose machines workshop. Uncertainties on the demand are considered and a question related to...

A key objective of product line engineering is to accelerate the configuration of products to different customer needs. Deriving products from a software product line remains challenging, even for experienced software engineers. However, the configuration process typically also involves nontechnicians such as sales people with only little understanding of the underlying technical software solut...

Product configuration is a key issue in the development of products which most closely conform to the expectations of customers, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction. It provides a means to customize products in such a way as to meet the requirements of different niches of the market. In this context, this paper proposes a fuzzy product configuration procedure to define product configuration...

In this article we are presenting an evaluation of the product derivation process for the product line approach at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. The paper examines the weaknesses in the current derivation process and the gaps between the requirements and the configuration of products. We also present improvements to the current process for product configuration. This was done to connect ...

This position paper presents a tool for configuring product individuals from configurable software product lines. The product derivation is done by making selections based on a configuration model in a way that best satisfies customer requirements at hand. The tool produces a description of the product individual as an output. The implementation is based on both component-based and feature-base...

In complex product design, product performance driving design is a new and innovative research in the engineering field. For realizing the product performance driving design, an elaborated expert system, Expert Systems for Assisting Mapping from Performance Space to Design Space (ESMPD) is proposed, which have two main modules for mapping from product performance space to interesting design spa...

Software product Line (SPL) is an emerging methodology for developing software products. Stage-configuration is one the important processes applying to the SPL. In stage-configuration, different groups and different people make configuration choices in different stages. Therefore, a successful software product is highly dependent on the validity of stage-configuration process. In this paper, a ...