Virtual environments for dynamically reconfigurable Concurrent/Collaborative Engineering “virtual” teams

Putnik, Goran D.; Gonçalves, Patrícia; Sluga, Alojzij; Cunha, Manuela Ivone P. da

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2008.03.022

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“…This finding means that virtual environments can be used efficiently, and in future the totally virtual interfaces can be used particularly when dynamics is mandatory, as virtual interfaces and environments, as demonstrated, do not reduce confidence and comfort. Complementarily, the previous work of Putnik et al [8] has already supported VCA effectiveness under the cognitive aspect, as the VCA usage led to shorter non-productive times (set-up times) when the interlocutor changes, given that the user does not lose time to adapt himself/herself to the physical appearance of a new interlocutor.…”

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confidence: 94%

Direct Communication versus Virtual Communication in Virtual Teams

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Procedia Technology

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Several studies suggest that computer-mediated communication can lead to decreases in group effectiveness and reduce satisfaction levels in terms of trust and comfort of its users. Supported by an experiment, where the emotional or affective aspects of communication were tested with the experimentation of two architectures, Direct Communication Architecture (DCA) and the Virtual Communication Architecture (VCA) this paper validates the thesis that, from the users' perspective, there is no opposition to the acceptance of virtual environments and interfaces for communication, and that these environments are able to cope with the reconfiguration dynamics requirements of virtual teams or client-server relations in a virtual enterprise operation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Direct Communication versus Virtual Communication in Virtual Teams

Gonçalves

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et al. 2014

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“…for communication, i.e. (More of DCA and VCA architectures, as well as some results on their technical performance (but not on the semiotic results -which is for future work) are presented in Putnik et al (2008)). In this case there is a pragmatic function and this case represents use of the computer (machine) in true semiotic-based integration.…”

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confidence: 99%

A semiotic framework for manufacturing systems integration –Part I: Generative integration model

Putnik

2010

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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This paper presents the findings of exploratory research on the potential of semiotics for manufacturing systems integration (MSI). The findings strongly suggest that semiotics might be the basis for a new paradigm for MSI. In the first part of the paper a number of needs for the new semiotic-based integration paradigm are presented. The second part of the paper introduces the basic notions of semiotics and provides a discussion on the use of semiotics in MSI. The third part presents a framework for the semiotics-based MSI, together with a model of the semioticsbased MSI, entitled 'generative integration' (GI). In the final part, some experimental set-ups, i.e. prototype demonstrators of the manufacturing systems, elements and systems, are presented as a platform for future research and development of the semiotics-based MSI.

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“…However, these systems are mainly computer-centric where the modelling process and users are constrained to 2D model visualization and interfaces [6,7]. Virtual reality (VR) technology has been explored to provide visualization and interaction of 3D models [8,9].…”

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confidence: 99%