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An Improved Design Rationale Reuse Method Based on Semantic Information

  • Jihong Liu*
  • , Kuan Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Design rationale (DR) explains why an artifact is designed the way it is, which is a kind of important trait knowledge. Successful reusing of DR knowledge plays an important role in guiding design thinking and could raise design efficiency and design quality significantly. In order to satisfy the rising requirements of DR reuse, a formal expression of DR is described and a semantics-based design rationale reuse model based on the expression is proposed. Designers' knowledge needs are analyzed based on semantics, and isolated DR elements retrieved are extended into DR segments by reasoning. After putting any isolated DR nodes in the context of design, the DR segment is easier to understand. Finally, a prototype system is developed and several examples are given to prove the validity of proposed methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKnowledge Engineering and Management - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, ISKE 2013
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages307-317
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783642549298
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume278
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Keywords

  • Design rationale knowledge reuse semantic retrieval knowledge reasoning

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