基于本体的产品设计知识表示研究

针对目前的产品设计知识表示模型或是只局限于产品设计的某一阶段,或是局限于某一设计领域,对产品设计知识的概念存在着分类不清等不足,文中提出一种产品设计知识本体构建方法,并构建基于本体的产品设计知识表示模型。通过分析产品设计知识本体产生的知识概念、属性及知识概念间关系,形式化地定义和描述表示产品设计领域所包含的知识资源,提高企业产品设计知识共享和重用效率。以色选机设计知识表示为例,验证了所提出模型的有效性。     

面向重用的产品设计过程知识建模与检索

针对传统的产品设计过程知识模型与知识检索方法在提高产品设计过程知识重用性上的不足,提出了多层次多粒度的知识模型以及基于语义的智能检索算法。首先通过分析产品设计过程知识重用的需求,将产品设计过程知识分为项目管理知识、领域知识、产品设计对象知识三类,并建立对应的多层次知识模型。然后在运用本体技术建立产品设计过程知识本体库的基础上,提出了一种基于语义的智能检索算法。最后给出了产品设计过程知识重用模型,并以柴油发动机方案设计为例,证明了该模型的有效性。     

Collaborative case-based estimating and design

Information Technology (IT) solutions to problems in construction design need to consider the perspectives of all the participants in the process; only then can IT provide a platform for integration. The research described examines issues involved in the integration of construction disciplines by using Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). It describes a hierarchical case memory structure and a context-based indexing method for retrieval and reuse of previous designs and their costs. Estimating and design cases selected for reuse are adapted with the use of sub-cases and domain specific adaptation rules. A prototype system, NIRMANI, was successfully implemented to support collaborative design.     

Knowledge integration and sharing for collaborative molding product design and process development

This study presents a systematic approach to developing a knowledge integration and sharing mechanism for collaborative molding product design and process development. The proposed approach includes the steps of (i) collaborative molding product design and process development process modeling, (ii) an ontology-based knowledge model establishment, (iii) knowledge integration and sharing system framework design, (iv) ontology-based knowledge integration and sharing methods development, and (v) ontology-based knowledge integration and sharing mechanism implementation. The mechanism can support collaborative molding product design and process development by providing functions of knowledge integration and sharing. Results of this study facilitate the knowledge integration and sharing of collaborative molding product design and process development to satisfy the product knowledge demands of participants, and thus increase molding product development capability, reduce molding product development cycle time and cost, and ultimately increase molding product marketability.     

公理化设计框架下产品设计知识重用的关键技术

针对具有层次性、多属性特点的复杂产品设计过程,对公理化设计框架下的产品设计重用技术进行了研究。通过建立公理化设计框架将复杂产品设计过程进行分解,形成产品设计的需求域、功能域、结构域与工艺域的Z形映射关系,提出一种基于实例的综合考虑设计域间和域内设计信息的知识重用方法,采用基于相似度的知识重用检索算法,获得符合设计要求的最佳重用对象,并以实例进行了验证。     

基于本体的产品服务知识模型研究

为了对产品服务过程中的服务知识进行有效管理和重用,在对服务知识进行分析的基础上,结合本体的特点和构造方法,提出了产品服务知识领域本体构建过程模型;重点构建了产品服务过程中的产品知识、客户知识和服务资源知识模型;并基于此提出了产品服务领域本体知识体系结构,为产品服务领域知识的共享和重用提供基础。     

A QFD-based method to support SMEs in benchmarking co-design tools

Efficient collaborative product design is crucial for extended enterprises willing to develop complex products pursuing a short time to market. However, successful collaborative product design depends on the ability to effectively manage and share engineering knowledge and data throughout the entire product development process. Co-design software platforms aim to facilitate cooperation in distributed teams. In the context of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) the advanced co-design software implementation to support the supply chain is not a trivial task. SMEs have peculiar characteristics such as flexibility, ICT skills and financial resources, which are difficult to be integrated within a structured design network. This paper presents a method to define and evaluate a co-design platform dedicated to SMEs in the mechanical product field. System architecture is defined by applying suitable metrics based on collaborative process characteristics in order to assess functionality performance of the available tools. Benchmarking is based on different levels of collaboration recognized in the typical product development process in SMEs. Correlation between process metrics, software functionalities and specific collaboration requirements is managed by adopting Quality Function Deployment (QFD) techniques. A practical case study allows the robustness of the proposed method to be verified and the main advantages and future developments to be discussed.     

A framework to integrate design knowledge reuse and requirements management in engineering design

This paper presents a framework to integrate requirements management and design knowledge reuse. The research approach begins with a literature review in design reuse and requirements management to identify appropriate methods within each domain. A framework is proposed based on the identified requirements. The framework is then demonstrated using a case study example: vacuum pump design. Requirements are presented as a component of the integrated design knowledge framework. The proposed framework enables the application of requirements management as a dynamic process, including capture, analysis and recording of requirements. It takes account of the evolving requirements and the dynamic nature of the interaction between requirements and product structure through the various stages of product development.     

Research on an active knowledge push service based on collaborative intent capture

The quality of a knowledge service influences the quality, efficiency and innovation of product conceptual design. Existing approaches lack intelligence and individuation when providing a knowledge retrieval service via rules and cases. In this paper, we propose a framework of an active knowledge service based on collaborative intent capture to assist product conceptual design. First, a collaborative intent capture model is constructed through the study of the expression and capture of collaborative intent; second, a framework and a process of active knowledge push based on collaborative intent capture are designed after analyzing the method of knowledge resources acquisition based on the constraint satisfaction theory. Finally, match algorithms for text content are studied. Based on the above research achievements, a prototype system of a collaborative design and active knowledge service platform (C-AKSP) has been developed for providing a knowledge service and assisting product conceptual design. An example, the conceptual design of a machine tool spindle system, is used to validate the proposed theories for the model, the framework and the algorithm. As a result, C-AKSP can provide a superior knowledge service that meets the designer's knowledge needs.     

A collaborative system for capturing and reusing in-context design knowledge with an integrated representation model

Current research on design knowledge capture and reuse has predominantly focused on either the codification view of knowledge or the personalisation view of knowledge, resulting in a failure to address designers’ knowledge needs caused by a lack of context of information and insufficient computational support. Precisely motivated by this gap, this work aims to address the integration of these two views into a complete, contextual and trustworthy knowledge management scheme enabled by the emerging collaborative technologies. Specifically, a knowledge model is developed to represent an integrated knowledge space, which can combine geometric model, knowledge-based analysis codes and problem-solving strategies and processes. On this basis, a smart collaborative system is also designed and developed to streamline the design process as well as to facilitate knowledge capture, retrieval and reuse as users with different roles are working on various tasks within this process. An engineering case study is undertaken to demonstrate the idea of collaborative knowledge creation and sharing and evaluate the effectiveness of the knowledge representation model and the collaborative technologies employed. As evidenced in the development and evaluation, the methods proposed are effective for capturing an integrated knowledge space and the collaborative knowledge management system not only facilitates problem-solving using knowledge-based analysis but also supplies in-context tacit knowledge captured from the communications between users throughout the design process.     

公共制造云服务平台架构及其支撑技术研究

为了能使量大面广的中小企业充分享受云制造的益处, 分析了公共制造云的运行原理, 搭建了一个面向中小企业的公共制造云服务平台架构, 并给出了其形式化描述。对平台所涉及的关键支撑技术如云制造资源管理、协同设计及QoS管理进行分析, 提出了基于多级递阶控制结构的云制造资源管理与监控模型, 以及在云制造基础设施之上构建了支持复杂产品设计、面向服务的虚拟协同设计环境。最后通过公共制造云服务平台运作模型说明了平台的应用性和示范性。     

A collaborative platform for complex product design with an extended HLA integration architecture

How to integrate the heterogeneous, autonomous models in a distributed environment, running on Internet, integration based on multilayer federation architecture and simulation resources dynamic reuse are the major difficulties for complex product collaborative design and simulation. An extended HLA-based collaborative simulation platform for multidisciplinary collaborative design is proposed. The architecture of platform is first given. The idea and realization of four key technologies, the dynamic creation of simulation federation based on resource management federation (RMF), HLA enabled template, collaborative simulation algorithm based on stage-data synchronization and TH_RTI, an extensible HLA runtime infrastructure (RTI), which is a web enabled RTI and can be used at Internet, are emphasized. Finally, an industry case is given. The demonstration of these prototype systems shows that extended HLA integration architecture is effective infrastructure for multidisciplinary collaborative modeling and simulation (M&S).     

Assessment of a Product Range Model concept to support design reuse using rule based systems and case based reasoning

Knowledge reuse is recognised as a key element to support agile and effective decision-making processes during product development. The provision of information and knowledge for reuse relies on defined information structures and requires computational techniques that enable the reuse process within an integrated environment. Although, representing, saving, and sharing information is relatively well known for product modelling, it is accepted that effective and agile product development also requires knowledge sharing. For this reason, extensions of the Product Model structure are required to support specific product development process phases. This work argues that a product information model combined with extended knowledge models can provide decision support throughout the product development phases. This paper presents the results of an investigation into a specific extended knowledge model concept, named a Product Range Model (PRM), which combines both rule based systems and case based reasoning to provide product design decision support. Two product development scenarios, injection moulding and friction materials, have been selected in order to evaluate the ideas presented. For both applications the relevance of the models to support the capture and reuse of information and knowledge is stressed.     

Development of control mechanisms to support coherency of product model during cooperative design process

Product development became an increasingly collaborative and distributed activity. Collaborative design process gathers experts from different backgrounds and areas for a common objective about product development. An effective exchange support is expected to share and integrate design knowledge avoiding conflicts between designers. The management of heterogeneous product representation is a major step to integrate expert activities. To successfully manage this process, this paper proposes: (1) A research experimental platform for cooperative design in product development processes. (2) A new constraint based model to maintain complex relationships in multi-disciplinary cooperative design. (3) A model differentiation technique, which identifies differences and conflicts between models. (4) A Meta-rule concept, which controls the constraint network in design process, leading to a new notification mechanism to present conflict to all corresponding actors.     

基于本体和粗糙集的协同产品设计知识约简

协同产品设计具有知识来源广、知识类型复杂多样等特点。为简化产品设计知识库并从中有效地提取出对产品设计人员有价值的知识,提出了基于本体和粗糙集的协同产品设计知识约简方法。首先通过引入本体技术对设计知识进行本体建模、显式定义语义和统一表达,以增加产品设计知识的语义;然后通过决策属性的正域及核求解等知识约简方法将设计知识库中对设计人员不重要的、冗余的知识进行约简,精练设计知识库,分析并求解出了约简后知识库中知识的依赖度,从而为设计人员选取与设计密切相关的知识提供依据。最后以汽车发动机的协同设计为例介绍了本文的方法。     

基于知识的试油方案协同设计方法应用研究

为解决试油三项设计系统在实际应用中因认知水平、知识水平和实际需求不同导致的设计方案差异大、标准不统一的问题,如何以一种形式化、标准化的方式来表示试油方案设计领域知识,实现方案标准统一化,提高试油方案协同设计系统的智能性是面临的一个重要问题。在研究试油方案协同设计工作流的基础上引进知识的概念,将试油领域本体与试油方案协同设计的具体应用需求相结合提出了一种基于知识的试油方案协同设计方法。该方法介绍了试油领域本体构建、应用以及协同工作流构建等技术和方法,利用统一的知识表示,使知识与试油方案协同设计业务流程紧密关联,很好地解决了实际应用中方案标准统一化以及知识重用性的问题。目前系统在使用中,提高了方案设计的准确性和设计效率。     

Platform-based product design and development: A knowledge-intensive support approach

This paper presents a knowledge-intensive support paradigm for platform-based product family design and development. The fundamental issues underlying the product family design and development, including product platform and product family modeling, product family generation and evolution, and product family evaluation for customization, are discussed. A module-based integrated design scheme is proposed with knowledge support for product family architecture modeling, product platform establishment, product family generation, and product variant assessment. A systematic methodology and the relevant technologies are investigated and developed for knowledge supported product family design process. The developed information and knowledge-modeling framework and prototype system can be used for platform product design knowledge capture, representation and management and offer on-line support for designers in the design process. The issues and requirements related to developing a knowledge-intensive support system for modular platform-based product family design are also addressed.     

甘蔗收获机械可视化虚拟设计平台的研究开发

介绍了甘蔗收获机械可视化虚拟集成设计平台研究开发的基本思路。该平台的构建通过STEP标准建立产品开发的全局共享信息模型，利用PDM软件集成和封装CAD／CAE及其它产品设计过程中用到的应用软件；平台也集成了甘蔗收获机械设计、分析和评价专家系统，专家系统采用模糊评价的方法对开发过程设计和仿真分析的结果进行评价和决策。集成平台支持甘蔗收获机械可视化虚拟产品集成化的团队设计及收获机械系列化产品开发。     

基于综合集成法的复杂产品协同设计过程模型及框架研究

建立过程模型及框架,将设计过程有效地表达出来,是协同设计的基础。 论文针对复杂产品设计过程的特征,根据综合集成法,建立了一个以时间、粒度、并行度三 维分布的多层次复杂产品协同设计过程模型。该过程模型在时间维强调多阶段综合,在并行 度维强调多专业综合,在粒度维强调分解与综合的迭代。在该过程模型基础上,结合专家体 系、知识体系、机器体系,提出基于综合集成法的复杂产品协同设计过程框架。该框架中, 机器体系依靠知识体系中的知识,给专家群体提供帮助,专家群体在机器体系提供的项目管 理、群体研讨、协同决策、三维可视化等支持工具帮助下,实现人机结合、多专业结合、多 阶段结合的协同设计过程,以提高复杂产品的协同设计效率。最后介绍了相关原型系统。