Some ontological distinctions of function based on the role concept

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 8, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 1045-1054

  Kitamura, Yoshinobu ^a   Mizoguchi, Riichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Design knowledge modeling; Functional design; Functional representation; Ontology

Indexed keywords

DESIGN KNOWLEDGE; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL REPRESENTATION; PRODUCT LIFE; ROLE CONCEPT;

DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 77953800914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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