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A reasoning method for a ship design expert system
Author(s) -
Helvacioglu Sebnem,
Insel Mustafa
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
expert systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1468-0394
pISSN - 0266-4720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2005.00296.x
Subject(s) - computer science , expert system , knowledge representation and reasoning , legal expert system , process (computing) , model based reasoning , abstraction , conceptual design , representation (politics) , engineering design process , knowledge acquisition , clips , software engineering , iterative design , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , programming language , geochemistry , compatibility (geochemistry) , geology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , politics , political science , law , engineering
The ship design process is a highly data‐oriented, dynamic, iterative and multi‐stage algorithm. It utilizes multiple abstraction levels and concurrent engineering techniques. Specialized techniques for knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation and reasoning must be developed to solve these problems for a ship design expert system. Consequently, very few attempts have been made to model the ship design process using an expert system approach. The current work investigates a knowledge representation–reasoning technique for such a purpose. A knowledge‐based conceptual design was developed by utilizing a prototype approach and hierarchical decompositioning. An expert system program called ALDES (accommodation layout design expert system) was developed by using the CLIPS expert system shell and an object‐oriented user interface. The reasoning and knowledge representation methods of ALDES are explained in the paper. An application of the method is given for the general arrangement design of a containership.