Using Semantic Technologies for the Support of Engineering Design Processes

2011 ◽  
pp. 222-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian C. Brandt ◽  
Marcus Schlüter ◽  
Matthias Jarke
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Process Guidance ◽  
Development Processes

The design and development processes of complex technical systems are of crucial importance to the competitiveness of a technology-oriented enterprise. These processes are characterised by high creativity and strong non deterministic dynamics. Established information science methods, however, are intended for more deterministic work processes. They cannot be effectively applied to support creative activities like conceptual synthesis, analysis, and decision-making. Therefore methods of experience management need to be exploited here. This paper presents a new integrated approach to such design process guidance based on capturing the process traces in a Process Data Warehouse (PDW). Both the products to be designed and the process steps corresponding, are structured and stored as extended method traces. This trace capture facilitates the processing and subsequent reuse of the information through a process-integrated development environment. The concept of the PDW has been evaluated in several engineering design case studies. One of those, which focuses on the conceptual design of a chemical production plant, will be described in more detail.

scholarly journals A Process Data Warehouse for Tracing and Reuse of Engineering Design Processes

2008 ◽  
pp. 2531-2544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian C. Brandt ◽  
Marcus Schlüter ◽  
Matthias Jarke
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Design Case Study

The design and development processes of complex technical systems are of crucial importance to the competitiveness of an enterprise. These processes are characterized by high creativity and strong non-deterministic dynamics. Traditional information science methods, however, are intended for more deterministic work processes. They cannot be effectively applied to support creative activities like conceptual synthesis, analysis, and decision making. Therefore methods of experience management need to be exploited here. This paper presents a new integrated approach to such design process guidance based on capturing the process traces in a Process Data Warehouse (PDW). Both the products to be designed and the process steps corresponding are structured and stored as extended method traces. This trace capture facilitates the processing and subsequent reuse of the information through a process-integrated development environment. The concept of the PDW has been evaluated in an engineering design case study which focuses on the phases of conceptual design and basic engineering in designing a chemical production plant.

An Analysis of Process Characteristics for Developing Scientific Software

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Scientific Software ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Engineering Development ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Development Methods ◽  
Software Development Methods

The development of scientific software is usually carried out by a scientist who has little professional training as a software developer. Concerns exist that such development produces low-quality products, leading to low-quality science. These concerns have led to recommendations and the imposition of software engineering development processes and standards on the scientists. This paper utilizes different frameworks to investigate and map characteristics of the scientific software development environment to the assumptions made in plan-driven software development methods and agile software development methods. This mapping exposes a mismatch between the needs and goals of scientific software development and the assumptions and goals of well-known software engineering development processes.

Neo-Symbiosis

2011 ◽  
pp. 2773-2777
Author(s):  
Douglas Griffith ◽  
Frank L. Greitzer
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Human Brains ◽  
Computing Machines

The purpose of this article is to re-address the vision of human- computer symbiosis expressed by J. C. R. Licklider nearly a half century ago, when he wrote: “The hope is that in not too many years, human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, and that the resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought and process data in a way not approached by the information- handling machines we know today” (Licklider, 1960). Unfortunately, little progress was made toward this vision over 4 decades following Licklider’s challenge, despite significant advancements in the fields of human factors and computer science. Licklider’s vision was largely forgotten. However, recent advances in information science and technology, psychology, and neuroscience have rekindled the potential of making the Licklider’s vision a reality. This article provides a historical context for and updates the vision, and it argues that such a vision is needed as a unifying framework for advancing IS&T.

Collaborative Information Behaviour of Engineering Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Saleh ◽  
Andrew Large
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Behaviour ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering

Collaborative information behaviour is an emerging area in information science that studies when two or more actors identify, seek, search, and use information to accomplish a task. This paper reports on a recent research investigating the collaborative information behaviour of undergraduate engineering students in the context of engineering design group projects.Le comportement informationnel collaboratif est un sujet émergent en sciences de l’information qui s’intéresse aux moments où deux acteurs ou plus cherchent, repèrent, sélectionnent et utilisent l’information pour accomplir une tâche. Cette communication présente une étude récente sur le comportement informationnel informatif des étudiants en génie dans le contexte de projets de groupe en conception technique.

GoogleMap Application Development in Android Platform

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 466-469
Author(s):  
Shao Feng Lin ◽  
Yao Zhou ◽  
Ruo Yin Wang ◽  
Jing Jing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Application Development ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Android Platform ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Android Development

Application based on GoogleMap API is one of the most frequently usage of Android. Compared with normal android development, the processes and tools of map development are all different. The development environment construction is detailed in the paper. And the detail development processes of GoogleMap application are proposed by a simple case. The process of applying a GoogleMap API key is introduced and the key problems in the above process are emphasized. The paper is a good example of map application development in android platform.

A Multi-Agent Framework for Collaborative Engineering Design and Optimization

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Hao ◽  
Weiming Shen ◽  
Zhan Zhang ◽  
Seong-Whan Park ◽  
Jai-Kyung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Collaborative Engineering ◽  
Heterogeneous Agent ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Multi Agent

Agent technology is playing an increasingly important role in developing intelligent, distributed and collaborative applications. The innate difficulties of interoperation between heterogeneous agent communities and rapid construction of multi-agent systems have motivated the emergence of FIPA specifications and the proliferation of multi-agent system platforms or toolkits that implement FIPA specifications. In this paper, a FIPA compliant multi-agent framework called AADE (Autonomous Agent Development Environment) is presented. This framework, originating from the engineering fields, can facilitate the rapid development of collaborative engineering applications (especially in engineering design and manufacturing fields) through the provision of reusable packages of agent-level components and programming tools. An agent oriented engineering project on the development of an e-engineering design and optimization environment is designed and developed based on the facilities provided by the AADE framework.

scholarly journals Role of Knowledge in Management of Innovation

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Yury Nurulin ◽  
Inga Skvortsova ◽  
Iosif Tukkel ◽  
Marko Torkkeli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Resource ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Systemic Understanding

Knowledge has always been, and still is, a crucial source of economy. However, during the past few years we have seen a growing interest in treating knowledge as a significant organizational resource for innovation. This trend coincides with the rapid development of ICT, indicating the strong influence that ICTs have on the processes of creating, disseminating, and using knowledge. At present, issues of innovation management and knowledge management are studied independently, which creates a certain gap in the systemic understanding of the innovation development processes. The paper proposes an integrated approach to the issues mentioned. The hierarchy and taxonomy of knowledge are considered from the point of view of their influence on decision-making at different stages of the innovation lifecycle. Our proposition complements and contributes to several recent models of decision-making developed in the frame of the innovation process.

scholarly journals Imprints from idea origin on innovation and the development environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1533-1553
Author(s):  
Isabel Maria Bodas Freitas ◽  
Cornelia Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Technology Leader ◽  
Original Idea ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Innovation Outcomes ◽  
Market Success

Abstract This study builds on the evolutionary and organization literatures to explore how the nature of innovation outcomes was influenced by the innovation’s original idea and the environment in which it was developed. We use data from a survey of inventors on the development processes of three types of innovations: market success innovations, technologically novel innovations, and innovations that are both technologically novel and of market success. Our results suggest that the environment in which the project is developed erodes the effect of the original knowledge sources on the innovation outcome. Specifically, a stronger imprinting effect of knowledge sources is found for independent inventors, while ideas are more likely to be eroded in projects undertaken by inventors at technology leader firms.

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