Most current research in Component-Based Systems Engineering (CBSE) focuses on design and integration processes. There is little interest in the requirements engineering and product evaluation/selection processes that must precede design and integration. Also most current methods and tools support systems design and integration but neglect the requirements engineering and product evaluation/sel...

The research results presented in this paper are related to the specification of a method and models that tackle the problem of manufacturing processes selection and the integration, as soon as possible, of their constraints in the product modelling (i.e. information synthesis). This method is based on a skin and skeleton design/manufacturing interface model that ensures connection between desi...

Executive Summary The Delphi method is an attractive method for graduate students completing masters and PhD level research. It is a flexible research technique that has been successfully used in our program at the University of Calgary to explore new concepts within and outside of the information systems body of knowledge. The Delphi method is an iterative process to collect and distill the an...

this paper presents an overview of new approaches in rapid product development in production networks from design points of view. the manufacturing industries are changing their focus to global sourcing as a means to improve performance and enhance competitiveness. some partnerships created with this strategy improve product development through collaborative design. with the advent of e-commerc...

in this paper rationalized haar (rh) functions method is applied to approximate the numerical solution of the fractional volterra integro-differential equations (fvides). the fractional derivatives are described in caputo sense. the properties of rh functions are presented, and the operational matrix of the fractional integration together with the product operational matrix are used to reduce t...

Applying meta search systems is a suitable method to support the user if there are many different retrieval services available in the Web. Due to information splitting strategies of literature services existing meta search systems either provide minimal integration of results or slow response times. In this paper, we present an approach that combines techniques of personalization and query proc...