Review of semantic modelling technologies in support of virtual factory design

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4388-4404

  Agyapong Kodua, K ^a   Lohse, Niels ^a   Darlington, Robert ^b   Ratchev, Svetan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ObjectLogic; ontologies; semantic modelling; virtual factory design

Indexed keywords

GENERATION REQUIREMENTS; INTEGRATED USE; MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; OBJECTLOGIC; REASONING MECHANISM; SEMANTIC MODELLING; SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES; VIRTUAL FACTORY;

DESIGN; ONTOLOGY; TOOLS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 84880546437     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.778433     Document Type: Review

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