An autonomous system for PLM domain data exploitation
Ana Milicic, Soumaya El Kadiri, Joerg Clobes, Dimitris Kiritsis · International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing · 2015
In this article, a system for automated data analysis and data modelling is presented. It is a well-known fact that a fully automated, data independent data mining system cannot be designed. It is proposed here that data from the product lifecycle management (PLM) domain can be successfully modelled mathematically by exploiting the advantages of having a semantic model of data, relaxed time constraints and by allowing sub-optimal accuracy. A data mining procedure is followed through in detail and, for each step, it is argued how the proposed assumptions tackle the challenges of automation. Finally, an industrial use case is presented to demonstrate the value gained from such a system.