TY - JOUR
T1 - The Dynamics of Collaborative Design
T2 - Insights from Complex Systems and Negotiation Research
AU - Klein, Mark
AU - Sayama, Hiroki
AU - Faratin, Peyman
AU - Bar-Yam, Yaneer
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Almost all complex artifacts nowadays, including physical artifacts such as airplanes, as well as informational artifacts such as software, organizations, business processes, plans, and schedules, are defined via the interaction of many, sometimes thousands of participants, working on different elements of the design. This collaborative design process Is typically expensive and time-consuming because strong interdependencies between design decisions make it difficult to converge on a single design that satisfies these dependencies and Is acceptable to all participants. Recent research from the complex systems and negotiation literatures has much to offer to the understanding of the dynamics of this process. This paper reviews some of these Insights and offers suggestions for Improving collaborative design.
AB - Almost all complex artifacts nowadays, including physical artifacts such as airplanes, as well as informational artifacts such as software, organizations, business processes, plans, and schedules, are defined via the interaction of many, sometimes thousands of participants, working on different elements of the design. This collaborative design process Is typically expensive and time-consuming because strong interdependencies between design decisions make it difficult to converge on a single design that satisfies these dependencies and Is acceptable to all participants. Recent research from the complex systems and negotiation literatures has much to offer to the understanding of the dynamics of this process. This paper reviews some of these Insights and offers suggestions for Improving collaborative design.
KW - Collaborative design
KW - Complex systems
KW - Dynamics
KW - Negotiation
KW - Non-linear
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U2 - 10.1177/106329303038029
DO - 10.1177/106329303038029
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0242269384
VL - 11
SP - 201
EP - 210
JO - Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications
JF - Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications
SN - 1063-293X
IS - 3
ER -