Integrated information exchange management and control of design configurations

A computer-implemented method of reducing access time of a memory and speeding operation of a processor by managing data exchange between tools for multiple products in a product line, comprising:

• executing, by a computer, an application launcher, the application launcher creating a workspace to support a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of applications include a first application that uses first data having a first data type and a second application that uses second data having a second data type, wherein the first application is disparate from the second application, wherein the first data type is structurally disparate from and incompatible with the second data type, wherein the first application is being used by a first user and the second application is being used by a second user different than the first user, wherein the application launcher reduces the access time of the memory by allowing independent work to occur in the first application and the second application before checking into a baseline configuration and by comparing and merging multiple application assets into a single combined configuration, and speeding operation of the processor by launching the first application and the second application in corresponding private, specific workspaces within the workspace;
• executing, using the computer, an application manager, the application manager executing as a web service and loading the first data and the second data into the workspace;
• executing, using the computer, a concurrent data service, the concurrent data service capturing the first data type and the second data type and resolving structural differences between the first data type and the second data type, wherein the first data type and the second data type comprise at least strings, doubles, and integers;
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• executing, using the computer, a data storage and retrieval service, the data storage and retrieval service enforcing integrity of and access rules associated with the first data and the second data, and sharing at least one of the first data and the second data between the first application and the second application.

A method of managing data exchange between tools for multiple products in a product line, comprising:

• providing, by a computer, a real time interface between disparate applications in a multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) framework;
• providing, using the computer, a concurrent data service, the concurrent data service creating a workspace for hosting the real time interface, the workspace supporting a plurality of applications, wherein the plurality of applications include a first application that uses first data having a first data type and a second application that uses second data having a second data type, wherein the first application is disparate from the second application, wherein the first data type is structurally disparate from and incompatible with the second data type, wherein the first application is being used by a first user and the second application is being used by a second user different than the first user, wherein the application launcher reduces the access time of the memory by allowing independent work to occur in the first application and the second application before checking into a baseline configuration and by comparing and merging multiple application assets into a single combined configuration, and speeding operation of the processor by launching the first application and the second application in corresponding private, specific workspaces within the workspace, the concurrent data service further resolving structural differences between the first data type and the second data type, and wherein the first data type and the second data type comprise at least strings, doubles, and integers;
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• based on having resolved differences between the data types, sharing, using the computer, at least one of the first data and the second data between the first application and the second application.