Semantic Modelling of Engineering Designs
Authors:
- A. Taleb-BendiabATA. Taleb-Bendiab
- Vincent OhVOVincent Oh
- Ian SommervilleISIan Sommerville
- Michael FrenchMFMichael French
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Engineering Design
- Vol. 4 (1) , 41-54
Abstract
The entity-relationship (E-R) approach is a widely used technique for the semantic modelling of commercial database systems. This paper demonstrates that the E-R method can also be applied in the modelling of static design knowledge for knowledge-based engineering design systems. It presents the basic definitions of the E-R data modelling method and describes some extensions which are useful to model the functionality of system components. It demonstrates the use of this method to produce a generic model of a centrifugal hydraulic pump, which is being used in the implementation of an object-oriented intelligent CAD system. Finally, conclusions on the suitability of the entity-relationship for engineering knowledge representation are drawnKeywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of dataACM Transactions on Database Systems, 1976
- Extending the expressive power of semantic networksArtificial Intelligence, 1976
- Expanding the Utility of Semantic Networks Through Partitioning1975