A Foundational ontology for the modelling of manufacturing systems

Zaletelj, Viktor (author), Vrabič, Rok (author), Hozdić, Elvis (author), Butala, Peter (author)

Models of distributed manufacturing systems cannot be consistent without a formal ontology. In this paper, the ontology formulation and maintenance are addressed in the scope of a collaborative modelling environment - in which concurrency, consistency, and model life cycle management should be supported. Thus, an extensible foundational ontology for manufacturing - system modelling is proposed in which the formal definitions of the modelling environment itself enable the definition of the manufacturing system's elements. The presented approach ensures the consistency of ever-changing models. The ontology is integrated into a modelling framework through the concept of description layers that assist in the management of the model description's complexity. The feasibility of the approaches is illustrated in an industrial case study that models of a manufacturing system for material processing.

• Language: English
• Keywords: manufacturing system, modelling, collaborative environment, ontology
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Year: 2018
• Number of pages: Str. 129-141
• Numbering: Vol. 38
• UDC: 658.5:004.738.5(045)
• ISSN on article: 1474-0346
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2018.06.009
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16126491
• Publication date in RUL: 21.08.2018

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Advanced engineering informatics
• Shortened title: Adv. eng. inf.
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• ISSN: 1474-0346
• COBISS.SI-ID: 7089686

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: proizvodni sistemi, modeliranje, skupno okolje, ontologija

Document is financed by a project

• Funder: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije (ARRS)
• Project number: P2-0270