A Semantic Information Model for Capturing and Communicating Design Decisions

Rockwell, Justin A.; Grosse, Ian R.; Krishnamurty, Sundar; Wileden, Jack C.

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“…Note that more complex decisions may require more capable methods. These methods are available when needed [8]. This case illustrates the potential simplicity and ease of using the existing tools.…”

Section: Methods For Design Decisionsmentioning

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“…One such method is the weighted decision matrix method, which is capable of applying relative importance weights to the various decision making criteria. Any of the methods store the design information established by the evaluation for subsequent use and reuse [8,9].…”

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“…Moreover, application specific information may be instantiated at the appropriate design stages. Past publications describe this framework in more detail [1,5,6,8,9,[18][19][20][23][24]. This paper further extends the technical foundation of the e-Design framework to the practical aspects of utility and feasibility from a perspective of formal design representation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The framework supports distributed design by providing an integrated set of functional design ontologies [1,5,6,8,9,[18][19][20]. Figure 1 shows the suite of design ontologies that are available to download and use.…”

Section: Overview Of the E-design Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Support of Product Innovation With a Modular Framework for Knowledge Management: A Case Study

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This paper presents an e-Design framework for knowledge management through its application in an engineering design case study. The e-Design framework enables the implementation of integrated design information throughout the entire design process. It facilitates the ease of sharing real time information across multiple individual designers, departments, or organizations as would be required in large scale design efforts. Similarly, it allows for the ease of use of technical tools integral to the design process that small design departments depend upon. Thus, regardless of the scale, the efficiency of engineering design can be improved with the use of the e-Design framework. The many features of the e-Design framework are exemplified through its application in a practical industry design problem. The case study in this paper addresses the utility and ease of use of this framework and provides one potential implementation method. This study involves a representative application of an innovative new mast design to elevate a surveillance camera on a military vehicle. The design process utilizes the NIST functional basis [3] to improve effectiveness and efficiency during conceptual design. The decision tool module of the e-Design framework is then used to evaluate and select the best conceptual design based on product design criteria. We use this case study to illustrate information quality and the clarity of design intent throughout the entire design process. The results reveal a usable design process method that can improve the transparency of design knowledge from design conception to completion. Additional benefits include storing of the information generated at the early stages for sharing and reuse throughout the entire design process. Most of all, improved transparent communication throughout the design process will reduce duplication of efforts and trial and error occurrences. ABSTRACTThis paper presents an e-Design framework for knowledge management through its application in an engineering design case study. The e-Design framework enables the implementation of integrated design information throughout the entire design process. It facilitates the ease of sharing real time information across multiple individual designers, departments, or organizations as would be required in large scale design efforts. Similarly, it allows for the ease of use of technical tools integral to the design process that small design departments depend upon. Thus, regardless of the scale, the efficiency of engineering design can be improved with the use of the eDesign framework.The many features of the e-Design framework are exemplified through its application in a practical industry design problem. The case study in this paper addresses the utility and ease of use of this framework and provides one potential implementation method. This study involves a representative application of an innovative new mast design to elevate a surveillance camera on a military vehicle. The design process utilizes the NIST functional basis [3...

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Section: Methods For Design Decisionsmentioning

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Section: Overview Of the E-design Frameworkmentioning

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“…Future developments are planned to improve upon the visual format for sharing information by use of software such as OntoWiki [22]. Additional modules in the framework support the modeling of information for decision making with a Decision Support Ontology and with Decision Method Ontologies [23,24], which represent various methods to evaluate design alternatives having various attribute values.…”

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An Integrated Approach to Information Modeling for the Sustainable Design of Products

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Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

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The design of more sustainable products can be best accomplished in a tradeoff-based design process that methodically handles conflicting objectives. Such conflicts are often seen between, environmental impact, cost, and product performance. To support such a process, we propose the development of an environment where sustainability considerations are explicitly introduced early into the design process. This explicitness is provided by integrating the requirements information of sustainability standards and regulations directly into the design process. The emergence of the semantic web provides an interoperable environment in which the context and meaning of knowledge about the relationships among various domains can be shared.This work presents an ontological framework designed to represent both the objectives that pertain to sustainable design and the applicable sustainability standards and regulations. This integrated approach not only can ease the adoption of the standards and regulations during a design process but can also influence a design toward sustainability considerations. The usefulness of this model integration is demonstrated by an illustrative brake disk rotor and pads case study. The results show that both the standards and criteria may be considered at early design stages by using this methodology. Furthermore, it can be used to capture, reveal, and propagate the design intent transparently to all design participants. RightsThis material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. ABSTRACTThe design of more sustainable products can be best accomplished in a tradeoff-based design process that methodically handles conflicting objectives. Such conflicts are often seen between, environmental impact, cost, and product performance. To support such a process, we propose the development of an environment where sustainability considerations are explicitly introduced early into the design process. This explicitness is provided by integrating the requirements information of sustainability standards and regulations directly into the design process. The emergence of the semantic web provides an interoperable environment in which the context and meaning of knowledge about the relationships among various domains can be shared.This work presents an ontological framework designed to represent both the objectives that pertain to sustainable design and the applicable sustainability standards and regulations. This integrated approach not only can ease the adoption of the standards and regulations during a design process but can also influence a design toward sustainability considerations. The usefulness of this model integration is demonstrated by an illustrative brake disk rotor and pads case study. The results s...

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Reduction Methods for Design Rationale Knowledge Model

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A Semantic Information Model for Capturing and Communicating Design Decisions

Cited by 31 publications

References 32 publications

Support of Product Innovation With a Modular Framework for Knowledge Management: A Case Study

Support of Product Innovation With a Modular Framework for Knowledge Management: A Case Study

An Integrated Approach to Information Modeling for the Sustainable Design of Products

Reduction Methods for Design Rationale Knowledge Model

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