Expert systems for configuration at Digital: XCON and beyond
Communications of the ACM
Product Configuration Frameworks-A Survey
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Generative constraint-based configuration of large technical systems
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
The Description Logic Handbook
The Description Logic Handbook
An overview of knowledge‐based configuration
AI Communications
Jess in action: rule-based systems in java
Jess in action: rule-based systems in java
An ontology approach to support FMEA studies
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
An ontology-based collaborative design system
CDVE'09 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Cooperative design, visualization, and engineering
XSWRL, an Extended Semantic Web Rule Language and prototype implementation
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A new process knowledge representation approach using parameter flow chart
Computers in Industry
Ontology-based service product configuration system modeling and development
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A recommendation system based on domain ontology and SWRL for anti-diabetic drugs selection
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
A constraint satisfaction approach to resolving product configuration conflicts
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Analyzing the accuracy of calculations when scoping product configuration projects
ISMIS'12 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Foundations of Intelligent Systems
Automatically generating assembly tolerance types with an ontology-based approach
Computer-Aided Design
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Effective and efficient development of product configuration systems, including the modeling of product configuration knowledge and the development of inference systems, is a key successful factor to implement mass customization paradigm. Ontology-based method for knowledge representation offers a means for the reuse and sharing of knowledge unambiguously. In this paper, we present a way of representing product configuration knowledge using semantic web technology, namely OWL and SWRL, and developing actual configuration engines based on derived configuration knowledge. Firstly, a general configuration ontology model defining vocabularies, terminologies and relationships that are common to the product configuration domain is constructed to act as a general semantic foundation for product configuration. With this general model, domain specific configuration models can be derived by inheriting or subclassing the ontologies within this general model. Both general ontology-based model and domain specific configuration model are formalized using OWL, an ontology language for encoding knowledge over the Web. Furthermore, constraint knowledge, such as require constraints and resource constraints, is represented with SWRL, a rule language based on OWL. Finally, actual configuration system is implemented using JESS by mapping OWL-based configuration knowledge and SWRL-based constraints into Jess facts and Jess, respectively. The presented ontology-based method for representing configuration knowledge enables the reuse of product configuration knowledge and thus facilitates the processes of modeling product configuration knowledge. In addition, the implementation of actual configuration system with existing rule engine, namely JESS, makes it possible the rapid development of product configuration systems.