Ontologies of engineering knowledge: General structure and the case of Software Engineering

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-326

  Sicilia, Miguel Angel ^a   García Barriocanal, Elena ^a   Sánchez Alonso, Salvador ^a   Rodríguez Garca, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; CONCRETE APPLICATIONS; DESIGN METHOD; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING DOMAINS; ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING PROCESS; METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION; UPPER ONTOLOGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MODELS; ONTOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 74049164545     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: 14698005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888909990087     Document Type: Article

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