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Information schema constructs for defining warehouse databases of genotypes and phenotypes of system manifestation features

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Our long-term objective is to develop a software toolbox for pre-embodiment design of complex and heterogeneous systems, such as cyber-physical systems. The novelty of this toolbox is that it uses system manifestation features (SMFs) for transdisciplinary modeling of these systems. The main challenges of implementation of the toolbox are functional design- and language-independent computational realization of the warehouses, and systematic development and management of the various evolving implements of SMFs (genotypes, phenotypes, and instances). Therefore, an information schema construct (ISC) based approach is proposed to create the schemata of the associated warehouse databases and the above-mentioned SMF implements. ISCs logically arrange the data contents of SMFs in a set of relational tables of varying semantics. In this article we present the ISCs necessary for creation of genotypes and phenotypes. They increase the efficiency of the database development process and make the data relationships transparent. Our follow-up research focuses on the elaboration of the SMF instances based system modeling methodology.

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ORCID: Shahab POURTALEBI, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3482-5492; Imre HORVÁTH, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-0570

Mr. Shahab POURTALEBI, first author of this invited paper, received his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Iran, in 2003. He received master’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Art University of Tehran, Iran, in 2006. From 2006 till 2012 he was a lecturer in the Industrial Design Department of Art University of Tabriz, where since 2008 till 2011 he also worked as head of the department. Currently, he is a PhD researcher at the Design Engineering Department of Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in TU Delft. In his PhD research, he has been involved in the development of a system-level feature-based modeling toolbox to support the design of cyber-physical systems.

Imre HORVÁTH obtained MSc diplomas in mechanical engineering and engineering education from the Technical University of Budapest in 1978 and 1980, respectively. Then he worked for the GANZ Hungarian Shipyards and Crane Factory until 1983. He had various faculty positions at the Technical University of Budapest until 1996. He earned dr.univ. and Ph.D. titles from the Technical University of Budapest in 1987, and C.D.Sc. title from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1993. He was nominated to a chair professor position at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology in 1996. He has more than 350 publications. He acted as co-Editor-in-Chief of Computer-Aided Design in the period of 2004–2014, and is emeritus editor now. He is associate editor of Journal of Engineering Design. He compiled 29 journal special issues as guest editor and edited 15 conference proceedings. His current research interest is in designing smart cyber-physical systems, and tools and methods for modeling of reasoning mechanisms of cyber-physical systems. He is initiator of the series of International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposia. He served in various positions on the Executive Board of the CIE Division of ASME and is a fellow of ASME.

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Pourtalebi, S., Horváth, I. Information schema constructs for defining warehouse databases of genotypes and phenotypes of system manifestation features. Frontiers Inf Technol Electronic Eng 17, 862–884 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1600997

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