A Framework for Rapid Development of Advanced Web-based Configurator Applications

For the last two decades product configurators relying on Artificial Intelligence techniques have been successfully applied in industrial environments. These systems support the configuration of complex products and services in shorter time with fewer errors and therefore reduce costs of a mass-customization business model. The EU-funded CAWICOMS project aims at the next generation of Webbased configurator applications that cope with the new challenges of today's open, networked economy: this includes the support for heterogeneous user groups in an open market environment as well as the integration of configurable sub-products provisioned by specialized suppliers. This paper describes the..