Product Knowledge Management Within Knowledge-Based Engineering Systems

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sainter ◽  
K. Oldham ◽  
A. Larkin ◽  
A. Murton ◽  
R. Brimble
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Management Scheme ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Development And Management ◽  
Term Benefit

Abstract Knowledge-based engineering systems are now becoming more commonplace in engineering industry. There is a need to ensure the technology is used correctly and to provide the user with all the possible benefits that the system can offer. This paper looks at how product knowledge can be managed within knowledge-based engineering systems to ensure that the knowledge retains its value and usefulness during the product lifecycle. Presently, the use of these systems has been for the short-term benefit of the company. However, it is believed that it is important to consider longer-term issues also, since knowledge normally has a half-life of around 20 years. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for product knowledge management within knowledge-based engineering systems by looking at key issues that are related to the longer-term use of these systems. This paper will also provide a product knowledge management scheme for the development and management of product knowledge within knowledge-based engineering systems, thereby extending the benefits of knowledge-based engineering systems into the longer-term.

The Necessity for Product Knowledge Reuse and Sharing Within Knowledge-Based Engineering Systems

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sainter ◽  
K. Oldham ◽  
S. Kneebone
Keyword(s):  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Product Representation ◽  
Product Data ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Exchange Product ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Representation Language ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Manufacturing Knowledge

Abstract The deployment of knowledge-based engineering systems is on the increase within engineering industries and, as such, there will be an ever-increasing demand to share a common product representation, which includes design and manufacturing knowledge. At the moment, each commercial knowledge-based engineering system has its own development language and therefore representation language for design and manufacturing knowledge. To date, no work has fully addressed the need to exchange product knowledge as well as product data. It is, therefore, the main aim of this paper to demonstrate the need for a standard product knowledge representation language and how it could be developed by using existing standards, thereby providing the ability to exchange product knowledge as well as product data.

Can C-K theory apply to Knowledge-Based Engineering systems?

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaeddine Zouari ◽  
Michel Tollenaere ◽  
Habib Ben Bacha ◽  
Aref Younes Maalej
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
K Theory

Application of Knowledge Based Engineering in Building Mould Standard Components

2011 ◽  
Vol 128-129 ◽  
pp. 1121-1125
Author(s):  
Hong Hui Huang ◽  
Ling Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Parametric Design ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Fusion ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Design Experience ◽  
Standard Components

It analyzed the substance of parametric design. Nowadays, the CAD technology can not express the product knowledge and design experience. The combination of knowledge-based engineering (KBE) and CAD solved these problem in the filed of molding. UG/KF is a new technology to integrate CAD and KBE. This paper develops the mould parts with UG/KF as an example to explain its application, and point out the developing direction of CAD by analyzing new characteristics of knowledge fusion.

scholarly journals Processing Knowledge to Support Knowledge-based Engineering Systems Specification

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samar Ammar-Khodja ◽  
Nicolas Perry ◽  
Alain Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering

A Rule Level Knowledge Management System for Knowledge Based Engineering Applications

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.-S. Fan ◽  
G. Li ◽  
M. Lagos-Hernandez ◽  
P. Bermell-Garci´a ◽  
M. Twelves
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Maintenance System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Microsoft Access ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Generic Representation ◽  
And Control ◽  
Rules Maintenance

This paper reports on a system that has been developed to facilitate the structure and reuse of engineering rules (ERs) in Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) systems. The proposed structure for rule elements supports the traceability of knowledge sources as well as where the knowledge elements are used in KBE applications. This forms the infrastructure to systematically manage the use and reuse of knowledge and control the version and update of the rules when new knowledge is gained. Representing product knowledge in rules is a way to capture the know-why of the design by modelling the decisions involved in the design process. KBE has been used as the mechanism to deploy this knowledge. Although the KBE technology can support the management of this knowledge, the maintenance of the knowledge is often a neglected task. This leads to a number of practical difficulties in the large scale rollout of KBE applications. To design an improved KBE rules maintenance system, the research team developed a generic representation to unify the off-line storage of the IF, COND and CASE statements used in the ICAD Design Language. Additional data fields are defined to maintain the traceability of the origin and use of rules. This is implemented in a Microsoft Access database. The integration of this off-line rule repository with the ICAD KBE system is achieved and validated in an industrial application. The data structure defined and the implementation system is detailed in this paper.

scholarly journals Industrial Design of Electric Machines Supported with Knowledge-Based Engineering Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Christian A. Rivera ◽  
Javier Poza ◽  
Gaizka Ugalde ◽  
Gaizka Almandoz
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Electric Machines ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Intelligent Support ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Accessibility ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Investment Capacity

The demand for electric machines has increased in the last decade, mainly due to applications that try to make a full transition from fuel to electricity. These applications encounter the need for tailor-made electric machines that must meet demanding requirements. Therefore, it is necessary for small-medium companies to adopt new technologies offering customized products fulfilling the customers’ requirements according to their investment capacity, simplify their development process, and reduce computational time to achieve a feasible design in shorter periods. Furthermore, they must find ways to retain know-how that is typically kept within each designer to retrieve it or transfer it to new designers. This paper presents a framework with an implementation example of a knowledge-based engineering (KBE) system to design industrial electric machines to support this issue. The devised KBE system groups the main functionalities that provide the best outcome for an electric machine designer as development-process traceability, knowledge accessibility, automation of tasks, and intelligent support. The results show that if the company effectively applies these functionalities, they can leverage the attributes of KBE systems to shorten time-to-market. They can also ensure not losing all knowledge, information, and data through the whole development process.

Knowledge Based Engineering in Complicated Product Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 466-467 ◽  
pp. 1135-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Li ◽  
Yun Bing Yang ◽  
Fa Yuan Wei
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Product Data Management ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Knowledge Based Engineering ◽  
Key Techniques

Under the tendency of knowledge economy in the world, knowledge research becomes a hot subject. The analysis about the meanings, categories and characteristics of knowledge is presented at first. The concept and key techniques of Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) are discussed. The differences and relationships among KBE, Expert System (ES) and CAD/CAE/CAPP/CAM (CAX) Systems are analyzed as well. An example on knowledge-based designing of one complicated product is provided. A product knowledge base is established by analyzing the structure and characteristics of product design knowledge. Product knowledge integration and management is fulfilled using Product Data Management (PDM) and dynamic database technique.

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