Abstract
Civil engineering processes are characterized by the specific peculiarity that they need to be designed individually for each project. A modelling technique has been developed at TU Berlin that is suitable to support the design of these processes. In this approach, the process is regarded as a result of a computation which requires specific user input. Project independent and project dependent information is necessary as user input. Thus, objects from different sources specified by different users form a model. Models which have been specified by different users need to be merged. Effects of subsequent modifications need to be determined. This collaborative mode of working requires a specific versioning. In this paper an implementation concept of a versioning approach is presented supporting collaboration in civil engineering process modelling. The versioning approach is based on objects administrated in sets.
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The results presented in this paper have been worked out in the research and development project “IT-based Methods for the Design of Planning and Construction Processes”. The project is supported by TSB Technologiestiftung Berlin, co-financed by Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung.
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Huhnt, W., Olbrich, L., Fedotov, V., Enge, F., Richter, S. (2010). Implementation Concept of a Versioning Approach for Civil Engineering Process Models. In: Pokojski, J., Fukuda, S., Salwiński, J. (eds) New World Situation: New Directions in Concurrent Engineering. Advanced Concurrent Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-024-3_54
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