Ontology-guided knowledge retrieval in an automobile assembly environment

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1237-1249

  Chakrabarty, Sugato ^a   Chougule, Rahul ^a   Lesperance, Ronald M ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Knowledge management; Ontology; Precision; Precision order; Recall

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ASSEMBLY PLANTS; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMOTIVE; BODY SHOP; EXACT MATCH; GENERAL MOTORS; KEYWORD SEARCH; KEYWORD-BASED RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE RETRIEVAL; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PRECISION; PRECISION-ORDER; PROBLEM-SOLVING TOOLS; RECALL; SEARCH MECHANISM; SEARCH RESULTS; USER TYPE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70349280366     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-1925-y     Document Type: Article

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