Article Critique

Paper Summary:

The paper commends the authors' foresightful analysis but points out that several key points are missing. The paper maintains that a progression of where their research could be applied is seriously lacking. The paper concludes that this article adds to the knowledge of readers interested in the progression of constraint-based configurators but discusses how the authors could have brought in other relevant aspects.

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Executive Summary
Critique of the Article
Future Research
Enhancements to Readers' Knowledge

From the Paper:

"The authors deserve credit for their foresightful analysis of the migration from rules-based to constraint-based web-based configuration and the need for included large nested object structures corresponding to highly structured and complex, interconnected configurations. Today this is called nested configuration logic, and is critical for the development of constraint-based logic in configuration engines now increasingly being used across the Internet. The authors also accurately call out of the need for more extensive reasoning components, support for explanation generation, and the critical need for knowledge management tools."

Sample of Sources Used:

• McGuiness, Isbel, Parker, Patel-Schneider, Resnick and Welty (1998) - A Description Logic-Based Configurator on The Web. Published Fall 1998 SIGART Bulletin as part of the ACM Consortium. Accessed from the Internet on January 12, 2007 from location: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1056756&dl=ACM&coll=&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618
• Columbus (2003) - Configuration is the Heart of Customer Fulfillment for Complex Product Manufacturers. AMR Research Report. Monday March 31, 2003. Retrieved from the Internet on January 12, 2007 from: http://lwcresearch.com/filesfordownloads/ConfigurationIstheHeartofCustomerFulfillmentforComplexProductManufacturers.pdf

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