A function–behavior–structure ontology of processes

Authors:
John S. Gero;Udo Kannengiesser
Affiliations:
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA;NICTA, Alexandria, Australia
Venue:
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper presents how the function–behavior–structure (FBS) ontology can be used to represent processes despite its original focus on representing objects. The FBS ontology provides a uniform framework for classifying processes, and includes higher level semantics in their representation. We show that this ontology supports a situated view of processes based on a model of three interacting worlds. The situated FBS framework is then used to describe the situated design of processes.