Next-Cut: A second generation framework for concurrent engineering -- A blackboard scheme for cooperative problem-solving by human experts -- An object-oriented framework for collaborative engineering design -- Creativity Support System for concurrent product design -- Product abstraction evolution by active process facilitators -- A model integration framework for cooperative design -- Towards a framework for concurrent design -- Cooperation in aircraft design -- Managing the VLSI design process -- Towards a shared computational environment for engineering design -- Organizing the tasks in complex design projects -- Knowledge-based conflict resolution for cooperation among expert agents -- Cooperative negotiation in concurrent engineering design -- Evaluating alternate connection designs through multiagent negotiation -- Transaction management in design databases -- A model of concurrent, cooperating transactions in an object-oriented database -- A prototype of feature-based design for assembly -- Feature-based design for manufacturability critique in concurrent engineering -- Intelligent suggestive CAD systems research overview -- A method towards design intelligence modeling -- Simultaneous CAE system for reducing engine radiated noise — study of a method for calculating sound-absorbing material characteristics using radiated noise contribution factor analysis - -- Expert R&M design synthesis an enabling technology for concurrent engineering -- An artificial intelligence approach to efficient fusion first wall design -- An object-oriented design tool toward CIM for shipbuilding -- Using design history systems for technology transfer -- ThingWorld: A multibody simulation system with low computational complexity -- A study on visualization of control software design -- Coded shape representation and its application to mechanical and structural design.

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the MIT-JSME Workshop on Cooperative Product Development held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, November 20/21, 1989. The 28 selected papers are organized into the following six categories: - Frameworks, dealing with problem-solving architectures, - Organizational issues, investigating strategies for organizing engineering activities for effective utilization of computer-aided tools, - Negotiation techniques, dealing with conflict detection and resolution between various agents, - Transaction management issues, dealing with interaction issues between the agents and the central communication medium, - Design methods, dealing with techniques utilized by individual agents, - Visualization techniques, including user Interfaces and physical modeling techniques. Sponsorship and financial support for the workshop was provided by the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), the Intelligent Engineering Systems Laboratory at MIT, and Bell Atlantic Knowledge Systems, Inc.