Function Modeling for an Integrated Framework: A Progress Report
Filippo A. Salustri · 1998
This paper discusses some preliminary results of the author's on-going research into the representation of product function information for integrated knowledge-based environments. Behavior is defined as what a product does, and function is defined as how the behavior is achieved. Predicative descriptions (of either function or behavior) are described in terms of verb-object pairs (VOPs). A VOP may represent either a function or a behavior, depending on the context in which the VOP appears. A discussion of the implementation of this representation in the author's DKSL knowledge-based system is also given. 1 Introduction The principal thrust of the author's research is to construct an integrated knowledge-based system (KBS) that can be used universally throughout an arbitrary engineering design process. In order to provide for much-needed logical rigor, the development of the KBS is rooted in a formal logical theory of design also under development by the author. The ultimate goal is t...