... networks. The agent communication is based on common object request broker architecture (CORBA) but an extra messaging layer is developed which utilises a language built in Vienna development method‐specification language (VDM‐SL). Problems encountered in the use of engineering database management systems...

... on the Web. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Database management Engineering Internet Product management In recent years, one of the most significant impacts on product development has been made by the application of data management techniques (Lee and Chen, 1996), which are known as product data...

... and a database management system, a prototype was designed for an aircraft engine overhaul system. The model incorporated several processes to implement the overhauling sub‐systems including marketing, business and manufacturing operations. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Aircraft industry Computer modelling...

...Ebrahim Shayan; Chao‐Liang Liu Describes a systematic way to design and develop a generic relational model for a tool management system in FMS. Reviews the need for tool database management in FMS and discusses the advantages. Highlights the requirements for a successful tool database and presents...

...Francis A. Wilson; John Wilson An integrated CEIS underpinned by heterogeneous database management technology is an ambitious effort to integrate the information processing work of an entire organization. In an organization which is large, decentralized and dynamic, problems of linking widely...