Title: A framework for knowledge reuse in product design and development process

Authors: Achraf Benmiled; Mohamed Bakhouya

Addresses: Institut Superieur de Gestion, Laboratoire SOIE, Tunis, Tunisia ' Aalto University School of Engineering, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland

Abstract: In this paper, a framework for knowledge reuse during product design and development is introduced. The framework exploits the capitalised knowledge in the best way and proves most relevant for users in order to facilitate their tasks. It offers the relevant knowledge to the right person by taking into account the roles of the involved persons and their collaborations throughout the product design process. The framework is supported by a software tool that brings an automatic help to users via a personalised search for knowledge in order to facilitate their tasks. Experiments are performed and results are presented to show the effectiveness of reusing knowledge during product development lifecycle.

Keywords: product development; knowledge engineering; knowledge reuse; ontologies; product design; collaboration; collaborative design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2013.057766

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2013 Vol.8 No.3, pp.206 - 214

Received: 11 Feb 2013
Accepted: 26 Jun 2013

Published online: 14 Oct 2014 *

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