Knowledge-based decision support for machine component design: A case study

2022 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 115869
Author(s):  
Bram Aerts ◽  
Marjolein Deryck ◽  
Joost Vennekens
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 923-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen De Maio ◽  
Aurelio Tommasetti ◽  
Orlando Troisi ◽  
Massimiliano Vesci ◽  
Giuseppe Fenza ◽  
...  

According to the literature about customer satisfaction and loyalty, it is possible to define knowledge-based system to support management decision-making in the organizations. Nevertheless, the problem as to how much the context impacts on correlation has not been investigated in the literature. This paper focuses on developing of Decision Support System (DSS) taking into account correlations among statistical factors, i.e., expert knowledge, and customers’ opinions depending on several contextual features, e.g., culture, location, in order to build context-sensitive simulation environment. The proposed work defines a general system design workflow to tailor knowledge-based DSS by using a fuzzy model to quantify correlations among variables in a given context. We explore ontologies to represent correlations among statistical factors, e.g., Calculative Commitment, Quality of Service. We apply fuzzy data analysis techniques to train fuzzy classifier on the customer’s opinions collected by survey. Finally, synergistic usage of Description Logic and Fuzzy Theory allows the implementation of a simulation environment that supports the management team to tune business strategies. The framework has been instantiated for a case study to support public administration at the University of the Salerno.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Loseto ◽  
Floriano Scioscia ◽  
Michele Ruta ◽  
Filippo Gramegna ◽  
Saverio Ieva ◽  
...  

The benefits of automatic identification technologies in healthcare have been largely recognized. Nevertheless, unlocking their potential to support the most knowledge-intensive medical tasks requires to go beyond mere item identification. This paper presents an innovative Decision Support System (DSS), based on a semantic enhancement of Near Field Communication (NFC) standard. Annotated descriptions of medications and patient’s case history are stored in NFC transponders and used to help caregivers providing the right therapy. The proposed framework includes a lightweight reasoning engine to infer possible incompatibilities in treatment, suggesting substitute therapies. A working prototype is presented in a rheumatology case study and preliminary performance tests are reported. The approach is independent from back-end infrastructures. The proposed DSS framework is validated in a limited but realistic case study, and performance evaluation of the prototype supports its practical feasibility. Automated reasoning on knowledge fragments extracted via NFC enables effective decision support not only in hospital centers, but also in pervasive IoT-based healthcare contexts such as first aid, ambulance transport, rehabilitation facilities and home care.


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