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Authors:
Valery B. Tarassov
Alena V. Fedotova
Rainer Stark
Baurzhan S. Karabekov
Keywords: Ontological engineering; granular meta-ontology; Allen’s logic; lifecycle ontologies; intelligent PLM
Abstract:
A hierarchical system of ontologies is considered, where the concepts of meta-ontology and upper ontology are of primary concern. The concept of meta-ontology is discussed; the distinction between meta-ontology and upper ontology is shown. Various methodologies for constructing formal ontologies are analyzed. There is a need for a generalized approach to ontological modeling based of Maltsev’s algebraic systems is justified. Basic principles of information granulation and granular ontology construction are formulated; some formal definitions of granular meta-ontologies together with fuzzy and linguistic ontologies (based on extended linguistic variables) are introduced. An application of granular meta-ontology and upper ontology concepts to lifecycle modeling is considered in the context of building new generation product lifecycle management systems – intelligent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. Circular and sequential lifecycle representations are constructed and interpreted as coarse-grained and fine-grained ontologies. The use of extended Allen’s interval logic as an integrated parallel-sequential lifecycle ontology is suggested.
Pages: 86 to 93
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015
Publication date: October 11, 2015
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4065
ISBN: 978-1-61208-437-4
Location: St. Julians, Malta
Dates: from October 11, 2015 to October 16, 2015