Citation:
K. Hiekata, H. Yamato, A Study on Process Description Method for DFM Using Ontology, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp210
Abstract:
A method to describe process and knowledge based on RDF which is an ontology description language and
IDEF0 which is a formal process description format is proposed. Once knowledge of experienced engineers
is embedded into the system the knowledge will be lost in the future. A production process is described in a
proposed format similar to BOM and the process can be retrieved as a flow diagram to make the engineers
to understand the product and process. Proposed method is applied to a simple production process of
common sub-assembly of ships for evaluation.
