| Systems Engineering | p. 1 |
| Towards A General Systems Theory Approach for Developing Concurrent Engineering Science | p. 3 |
| A Method for Systems Analysis and Specification with Performance, Cost and Reliability Requirements | p. 11 |
| Guidelines for Reverse Engineering Process Modeling of Technical Systems | p. 23 |
| Designing a ground support equipment for satellite subsystem based on a product development reference model | p. 31 |
| Impacts of Standardization Process in the Brazilian Space Sector: a Case Study of a R&D Institute | p. 41 |
| Proposal of an Efficiency Index for Supporting System Configuration Design | p. 49 |
| Reaching readiness in technological change through the application of capability maturity models principals | p. 57 |
| The System Verification Breakdown Method | p. 65 |
| Systems Architecting | p. 73 |
| Hardware and Software: How Can We Establish Concurrency between the Two? | p. 75 |
| A Simulated Annealing Algorithm based on Parallel Cluster for Engineering Layout Design | p. 83 |
| Space Mission Architecture Trade off Based on Stakeholder Value | p. 91 |
| Product Development Process: Using Real Options for Assessments and to support the Decision-Making at Decision Gates | p. 99 |
| A Valuation Technology for Product Development Options Using an Executable Meta-modeling Language | p. 107 |
| Towards Automatic Systems Architecting | p. 117 |
| Software Engineering and Simulation | p. 131 |
| Implementing integration of quality standards CMMI and ISO 9001 : 2000 for software engineering | p. 133 |
| Steps Towards Pervasive Software: Does Software Engineering Need Reengineering? | p. 143 |
| Question-Answer Means for Collaborative Development of Software Intensive Systems | p. 151 |
| Bringing together space systems engineering and software engineering processes based on standards and best practices | p. 159 |
| A Brazilian Software Industry Experience in Using ECSS for Space Application Software Development | p. 167 |
| Satellite Simulator Requirements Specification based on Standardized Space Services | p. 175 |
| Performance Analysis of Software Processes Supported by Simulation: a Resolution Problem Process Case Study | p. 185 |
| Concurrent Innovative Product Engineering | p. 193 |
| Be Lazy: A Motto for New Concurrent Engineering | p. 195 |
| A Study on the Application of Business Plans in New Product Development Processes | p. 203 |
| A case study about the product development process evaluation | p. 211 |
| Product Development Systematization and Performance: a case-study in an automotive company | p. 219 |
| An approach to lean product development planning | p. 229 |
| Managing new product development process: a proposal of a theoretical model about their dimensions and the dynamics of the process | p. 239 |
| A support tool for the selection of statistical techniques for industrial product development and improvement processes | p. 247 |
| Is the design process integrated to product development? | p. 257 |
| Collaborative Concurrent Engineering Methodologies, Methods and Tools | p. 265 |
| Concurrent Design in Software Development Based on Axiomatic Design | p. 267 |
| A Systematical Multi-professional Collaboration Approach via MEC and Morphological Analysis for Product Concept Development | p. 275 |
| DFX Platform for life-cycle aspects analysis | p. 283 |
| Design For Lean Systematization Through Simultaneous Engineering | p. 291 |
| Postponement planning and implementation from CE perspective | p. 301 |
| Neural Network and Model-Predictive Control for Continuous Neutralization Reactor Operation | p. 309 |
| Manufacturing Processes and Environmental Requirements for Sustainability | p. 319 |
| Modelling and Management of Manufacturing Requirements in Design Automation Systems | p. 321 |
| Integrating Manufacturing Process Planning with Scheduling via Operation-Based Time-Extended Negotiation Protocols | p. 329 |
| Using Differing Classification Methodologies to Identify a Full Compliment of Potential Changeover Improvement Opportunities | p. 337 |
| Museum Visitor Routing Problem with the Balancing of Concurrent Visitors | p. 345 |
| Improving Environmental Performance of Products by Integrating Ecodesign Methods and Tools into a Reference Model for New Product Development | p. 355 |
| Sustainable Packaging Design Model | p. 363 |
| Information Modelling for Innovation and Sustainability | p. 371 |
| Environmental Regulations Impose New Product Lifecycle Information Requirements | p. 373 |
| Data Modeling to Support Environmental Information Exchange throughout the Supply Chain | p. 383 |
| EXPRESS to OWL morphism: making possible to enrich ISO10303 Modules | p. 391 |
| Complex Modelling Platform based on Digital Material Representation | p. 403 |
| Interoperability for Collaboration | p. 411 |
| Collaborative Implementation of Inter-organizational Interoperability in a Complex Setting | p. 413 |
| FICUS - A Federated Service-Oriented File Transfer Framework | p. 421 |
| Lessons Learned from the SILENUS Federated File System | p. 431 |
| A P2P Application Signatures Discovery Algorithm | p. 441 |
| Knowledge Management | p. 449 |
| Knowledge Oriented Process Portal for Continually Improving NPD | p. 451 |
| Knowledge Sharing and Reuse in Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in the Manufacturing and Assembly Processes (PFMEA) Domain | p. 461 |
| Collaboration Engineering | p. 469 |
| Collaborative Product Pre-development: an Architecture Proposal | p. 471 |
| Collaborative Augmented Reality for Better Standards | p. 479 |
| A Pedagogical Game based on Lego Bricks for Collaborative Design Practices Analysis | p. 487 |
| A Reasoning Approach for Conflict Dealing in Collaborative Design | p. 495 |
| Interface design of a product as a potential agent for a concurrent engineering environment | p. 503 |
| Knowledge Engineering: Organization Memory, Ontology, Description logics and Semantics | p. 511 |
| Organizational Memory for Knowledge and Information Management in the Definition | p. 513 |
| Organizational memory supporting the continue transformation of engineering curricula | p. 521 |
| Development of an Ontology for the Document Management Systems for Construction | p. 529 |
| Some approaches of ontology Decomposition in Description Logics Thi | p. 537 |
| Modeling ORM Schemas in Description Logics | p. 547 |
| Semantics-based Reconciliation of Divergent Replicas in Advanced Concurrent Engineering Environments | p. 557 |
| Controlled Vocabularies in the European Construction Sector: Evolution, Current Developments, and Future Trends | p. 565 |
| Technology for Collaborative Engineering | p. 575 |
| Supporting Collaborative Engineering Using an Intelligent Web Service Middleware | p. 577 |
| Research on Concepts and Technologies of Grid Collaborative Designing to Supporting Cross Enterprises Collaboration | p. 587 |
| PEGASE: a prototype of software to manage design system in a collaborative design environment | p. 597 |
| A New Ant-based Clustering Algorithm on High Dimensional Data Space | p. 605 |
| Tools for Designing Collaborative Working Environments in Manufacturing Industry | p. 613 |
| The Collaborative Digital Process Methodology achieved the half lead-time of new car development | p. 621 |
| Stakeholder Value Sustainability | p. 639 |
| Improvement of the Efficiency Model in Health Care through the use of Stakeholders' Analysis Techniques | p. 641 |
| Enterprise Integration for Value Creation in an Organization | p. 649 |
| Factors Influencing New Products Success in Small Brazilian Medical and Hospital Equipment Firms | p. 657 |
| Systematic for Increase of the Operational Efficiency from the Allocation of Resources in Intangible Assets | p. 665 |
| Geotraceability and life cycle assessment in environmental life cycle management: towards sustainability | p. 673 |
| Enterprise Architecture for Innovation | p. 681 |
| Experimentation of an Enterprise Architecture in aerospace electrical engineering process | p. 683 |
| In search of the elements of an Intra-organizational Innovation System for Brazilian automotive subsidiaries | p. 693 |
| Mectron's Innovation Management: Structural and Behavioral Analysis | p. 701 |
| Completeness of Development Projects Assisted by QFD: a Case Study | p. 709 |
| The Effects of Teams' Co-location on Project Performance | p. 717 |
| Product Development Management | p. 727 |
| A DEA Benchmarking Methodology for New Product Development Process Optimization | p. 729 |
| Critical success factors on product development management in Brazilian technological based companies | p. 739 |
| The Main Problems in the Product Development Process by Large-sizedCompanies of the Brazilian Agricultural Machines and Implements Sector | p. 749 |
| Identification of critical points for the implementation of a PDP reference model in SMEs | p. 757 |
| A Reference Model for the Pharmaceutical PDP Management - an architecture | p. 765 |
| Supply Chain Collaboration | p. 773 |
| Product Development Process Managing in Supply Chain | p. 775 |
| Level of knowledge and formalization of logistics and SCM in the Brazilian automotive industries suppliers | p. 783 |
| An Evaluation of the Extended Logistic, Simple Logistic, and Gompertz Models for Forecasting Short Lifecycle Products and Services | p. 793 |
| Trans-regional Supply Chain Research Network: Developing Innovation Strategies Within and Between Regional Oil and Gas Clusters | p. 801 |
| Procurement and Importing in New Product Projects of Brazilian Aerospace Program | p. 809 |
| Measuring the efficiency of outsourcing: an illustrative case study from the aerospace industry | p. 819 |
| Author Index | p. 827 |
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