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A framework for knowledge intensive engineering

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Computer Aided Systems Theory — CAST '94

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This paper proposes knowledge intensive engineering that is a new way of engineering activities in various product life cycle stages conducted with more knowledge in a flexible manner to create more added value. Knowledge representation and modeling issues are discussed and a cooperative multiple intelligent agent architecture based on multiple ontology is proposed for building a computational framework for knowledge intensive engineering. Through examples, we describe the developed framework as a knowledge intensive CAD for knowledge intensive design of knowledge intensive machines. This demonstrates the power and usefulness of knowledge intensive engineering. It is also discussed that to achieve knowledge intensive engineering, systematization of knowledge is an essential process to allow intelligent agents to share accumulated knowledge.

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  1. Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1 Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Tetsuo Tomiyama & Yasushi Umeda

  2. Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), The University of Tokyo, Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, 153, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Kiriyama

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Tomiyama, T., Umeda, Y., Kiriyama, T. (1996). A framework for knowledge intensive engineering. In: Klir, G.J., Ören, T.I. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory — CAST '94. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61478-8_72

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