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A virtual prototype is a computer internal representation of a real prototype. It is composited by a set of different aspect models. A common technique to analyze a virtual prototype is the usage of virtual reality applications. However, this requires a composition of different aspect models and their integration into a virtual environment. In this paper, an agent-based technique is presented, which facilitates this automatic integration of different aspect models. The Resource Description Framework is utilized to annotate the aspect models. A software agent compares the annotations of different models. By this it identifies similar models. A software prototype has been created that shows the usefulness of the approach.
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Radkowski, R., Weidemann, F. (2011). Semantic Web-Techniques and Software Agents for the Automatic Integration of Virtual Prototypes. In: Shumaker, R. (eds) Virtual and Mixed Reality - Systems and Applications. VMR 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22024-1_43
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