Characterizing functions based on ontological models from an engineering point of view

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Volumn 209, Issue , 2010, Pages 301-314

  Kitamura, Yoshinobu ^a   Mizoguchi, Riichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

An ontology of function; Biological organs; Functions of artifacts; Interoperability of functional knowledge; Natural things

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LIFE CYCLE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

AN ONTOLOGY OF FUNCTION; FUNCTION OF ARTIFACT; FUNCTIONS IN ENGINEERINGS; INTEROPERABILITY OF FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL THING; ONTOLOGICAL MODELING; ONTOLOGY'S; ORGANICS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77950985914     PISSN: 09226389     EISSN: 18798314     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-535-8-301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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