A smart conflict resolution model using multi-layer knowledge graph for conceptual design

Huang, Zechuan, Guo, Xin, Liu, Ying ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9319-5940, Zhao, Wu and Zhang, Kai 2023. A smart conflict resolution model using multi-layer knowledge graph for conceptual design. Advanced Engineering Informatics 55 , 101887. 10.1016/j.aei.2023.101887

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Abstract

Reducing the impact of conflicts on requirement-function-structure mapping in the early stage of product design is an important measure to achieve conceptual innovation, which relies on accurate reasoning of multi-domain knowledge. As product requirements become more personalized and diverse, traditional discrete knowledge organization and reasoning methods are difficult to adapt to the challenges of continuity and precision in conceptual solution. Knowledge graphs with complex networks have obvious advantages in association detection, knowledge visualization, and explainable reasoning of implicit knowledge, which offer innovative opportunities for conflict resolution in conceptual design. Therefore, a smart conflict resolution model using a multi-layer Knowledge Graph for Conceptual Design(mKGCD) is proposed in this study. A knowledge expression form of FBS-oriented design patent vocabulary is proposed, which is used for knowledge entity recognition and relation extraction based on natural language processing. A label mapping method based on inventive principles is used for patent classification and a four-layer semantic network for conflict resolution is constructed. Through semantic distance calculation, the designer's requirements for function/behavior/structure are smart deployed to obtain appropriate knowledge. A case study of the conceptual design of a collapsible installation and handling equipment demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed approach. The proposed method can not only meet the functional solution and innovation in the context of different design requirements, but also effectively improve the design efficiency in the iterative design process by means of multiple meanings of one graph.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1474-0346
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 January 2023
Date of Acceptance:	12 January 2023
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2024 02:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155830

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