An ontological methodology for developing intelligent systems in mechanical engineering

To increase the efficiency and competitiveness of engineering production, it is necessary to develop a new methodology for creating information systems supporting computer-integrated manufacturing at corresponding stages of the product life cycle (computer-aided engineering and design processes). Such systems can be constructed on the basis of ontologies that have been used in mechanical engineering for data representation and processing. In this paper, object and task ontologies are used jointly for developing multi-agent design and management systems to be implemented in engineering. The proposed approach provides a synergetic effect due to integrating the ontology and multi-agent methods, which makes it possible to improve the efficiency of developing and using complex intelligent systems. The results of study proved that the application of this methodology can significantly reduce the complexity of intelligent design systems so that they could be used semi-automatically.

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