Ontology-based description of functional design knowledge and its use in a functional way server

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-166

  Kitamura, Yoshinobu ^a   Mizoguchi, Riichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Design support; Functionality; Knowledge modeling; Knowledge sharing; Ontology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ONTOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037314686     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(02)00138-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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