Conceptual schema and relational database design: a fact oriented approach
Conceptual schema and relational database design: a fact oriented approach
Information modeling: the EXPRESS way
Information modeling: the EXPRESS way
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
Building Product Models: Computer Environments Supporting Design and Construction
Building Product Models: Computer Environments Supporting Design and Construction
Fundamentals of Database Systems
Fundamentals of Database Systems
Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach
Object-Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach
Structured Analysis and System Specification
Structured Analysis and System Specification
Grammatical rules for specifying information for automated product data modeling
Advanced Engineering Informatics
On the relationship between workflow models and document types
Information Systems
Integrated data management in complex product collaborative design
Computers in Industry
General system architecture for BIM: An integrated approach for design and analysis
Advanced Engineering Informatics
User-centric knowledge representations based on ontology for AEC design collaboration
Computer-Aided Design
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Extended Process to Product Modeling (xPPM) for integrated and seamless IDM and MVD development
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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A product model is a formal and structured definition of product information. The most common procedure for defining a product data model is to first describe the business and/or engineering process in a formal process model, then to create a product data model based on the process model. However, there is a logical gap between process modeling and product modeling methods in the current ISO 10303 standard product modeling process. We propose a new formal approach, called Process to Product Modeling (PPM) in which process and product modeling can be logically linked. This paper focuses on the semantics and syntax for the Requirements Collection and Modeling (RCM) of PPM. The new RCM method aims to model heterogeneous business processes and their information flows. The major difference between the proposed method and traditional requirements collection methods is that it provides a theoretical linkage to integrate process models and a set of specific information items used in them. This theoretical linkage enables modelers to capture the contents, scope, granularity, and semantics of information used in activities, which are depicted in process models. A PPM method, called Georgia Tech Process to Product Modeling (GTPPM), has been developed and was deployed for the North American Precast Concrete Software Consortium; examples from this effort are presented. Experience to date indicates that the new RCM method and the GTPPM tool hold the potential to improve and expedite elicitation of information for product model development.