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A functional architecture for an e-Engineering hub
journal contribution
posted on 2013-06-03, 14:55 authored by Zhaomin Ren, Chimay J. Anumba, G. Augenbroe, Tarek HassanTarek HassanMany Information Technology (IT) tools now exist to support collaborative
working between engineering organisations. These often address operational issues rather
than tactical or strategic issues. In particular, there are no effective tools for collaborative
project planning between project partners. An electronic engineering hub (e-Hub) is
considered useful in this regard. This paper presents the functional architecture of the e-
Hub – a major research result of the EU funded e-HUBs project (e-Engineering enabled by
Holonomic and Universal Broker Services). The e-HUBs project developed a universal
collaboration platform for engineering outsourcing with focus on supporting collaborative
project planning process. The e-Hub offers an extended set of functions to engineering
service providers (mostly small and medium-sized enterprises) such as application hosting
and definition and development of collaborative engineering workflows. The paper
discusses the theoretical background and the supporting technologies for the development
of the functional architecture and presents the deployment of the engineering e-Hub
prototype in a construction scenario.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
REN, Z. ... et al, 2008. A functional architecture for an e-Engineering hub. Automation in Construction, 17 (8), pp.930-939.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2008Notes
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Automation in Construction. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2008.03.003ISSN
0926-5805Publisher version
Language
- en