An internet-based application for electronics assemblies components selection

The use of such EACS promises substantial benefits but its successful imple mentation is hampered by the lack of a suitable formalism, particularly whe re, as is often the case, participants are geographically separated. The wo rk presented in this paper is focused on how to implement EACS, where the p articipants may be remote, in a formal and systematic way. An Internet netw ork based application is described that uses the Internet to support EACS, and an example is used to illustrate the implementation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.