METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN A DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
First Claim
1. A method for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising:
- establishing a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process;
establishing an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types;
determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions;
determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network; and
determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network.
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Abstract
A method and system constructs a socio-technical network representing design and development processes. In one aspect, a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process is established; an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types is established; one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions are determined; one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network are determined; and one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network are determined.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising:
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establishing a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process; establishing an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network; and determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising:
a processor operable to establish a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process, to establish an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types, the processor farther operable to determine one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions, one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network, and one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising:
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establishing a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process; establishing an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network; and determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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