In this paper, we introduce a framework for knowledge reuse and deduction in mechanical products design and development. The proposed system effectively exploits the capitalized and inferred knowledge. To this end, we settled up an ontology dealing with the design process of mechanical products such as “the car”. The ontology-based framework is supported by a software tool that brings an automatic and personalized assistance to correspondent actors using the deduction process. Indeed, the systems provides the relevant knowledge to the suitable users in order to facilitate their professional tasks considering their roles and collaboration. Experimental results have demonstrated the effectiveness of reusing knowledge during product development lifecycle.

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产品设计过程中的知识推演与重用应用

在本文中，我们介绍了一个用于机械产品设计和开发中的知识重用和演绎的框架。所提出的系统有效地利用了资本化和推断的知识。为此，我们建立了一个处理“汽车”等机械产品设计过程的本体。基于本体的框架由一个软件工具支持，该软件工具为使用演绎过程的通讯参与者提供自动和个性化的帮助。实际上，系统向合适的用户提供相关知识，以便在考虑到他们的角色和协作的情况下促进他们的专业任务。实验结果证明了在产品开发生命周期中重用知识的有效性。