Collaborative engineering is defined by the International Journal of Collaborative Engineering as a discipline that "studies the interactive process of engineering collaboration, whereby multiple interested stakeholders resolve conflicts, bargain for individual or collective advantages, agree upon courses of action, and/or attempt to craft joint outcomes which serve their mutual interests."International Journal of Collaborative Engineering
/ref> Collaborative engineering is quickly becoming a topic of great interest in recent years due to the explosion of internet technologies. This upsurge is partially due to the success of projects such as

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and

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that have proven the efficacy of internet collaboration.

References

K. Daniel: Collaborative Engineering, Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller, {{ISBN, 3-8364-0132-0, 2007 Engineering disciplines