A framework for developing engineering design ontologies within the aerospace industry

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dc.contributor.authorSanya, I. O.
dc.contributor.authorShehab, Essam
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-04T14:59:25Z
dc.date.available2016-05-04T14:59:25Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-06
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a framework for developing engineering design ontologies within the aerospace industry. The aim of this approach is to strengthen the modularity and reuse of engineering design ontologies to support knowledge management initiatives within the aerospace industry. Successful development and effective utilisation of engineering ontologies strongly depends on the method/framework used to develop them. Ensuring modularity in ontology design is essential for engineering design activities due to the complexity of knowledge that is required to be brought together to support the product design decision-making process. The proposed approach adopts best practices from previous ontology development methods, but focuses on encouraging modular architectural ontology design. The framework is comprised of three phases namely: (1) Ontology design and development; (2) Ontology validation and (3) Implementation of ontology structure. A qualitative research methodology is employed which is composed of four phases. The first phase defines the capture of knowledge required for the framework development, followed by the ontology framework development, iterative refinement of engineering ontologies and ontology validation through case studies and experts’ opinion. The ontology-based framework is applied in the combustor and casing aerospace engineering domain. The modular ontologies developed as a result of applying the framework and are used in a case study to restructure and improve the accessibility of information on a product design information-sharing platform. Additionally, domain experts within the aerospace industry validated the strengths, benefits and limitations of the framework. Due to the modular nature of the developed ontologies, they were also employed to support other project initiatives within the case study company such as role-based computing (RBC), IT modernisation activity and knowledge management implementation across the sponsoring organisation. The major benefit of this approach is in the reduction of man-hours required for maintaining engineering design ontologies. Furthermore, this approach strengthens reuse of ontology knowledge and encourages modularity in the design and development of engineering ontologies.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSanya IO, Shehab E. (2015) A framework for developing engineering design ontologies within the aerospace industry. International Journal of Production Research, Volume 53, Issue 8, pp. 2383-2409en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0020-7543
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.965352
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9860
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rights© 2014 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Permission is granted subject to the terms of the License under which the work was published. Please check the License conditions for the work which you wish to reuse. Full and appropriate attribution must be given. This permission does not cover any third party copyrighted material which may appear in the work requested. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. Information: No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.en_UK
dc.subjectKnowledge managementen_UK
dc.subjectOntologyen_UK
dc.subjectModularen_UK
dc.subjectEngineering designen_UK
dc.subjectAerospaceen_UK
dc.titleA framework for developing engineering design ontologies within the aerospace industryen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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