El-Diraby, T E and Kashif, K F (2005) Distributed ontology architecture for knowledge management in highway construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(5), pp. 591-603. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
The ongoing plethora of rehabilitation in the infrastructure domain requires more planning and integration during design and construction. To achieve this, there is a need for developing and using semantic (ontology-based) mechanisms for the exchange of development knowledge among all project stakeholders. This paper presents a distributed ontology architecture for knowledge management in highway construction. With every other utility tied to the highway geometry, the architecture is intended to be the base for a cross-discipline knowledge exchange in the infrastructure domain. The architecture presents highway knowledge on three levels: domain knowledge (an umbrella for infrastructure shared knowledge), application knowledge (representation of highway-specific knowledge), and user knowledge (an enterprise-specific representation of highway knowledge). The proposed architecture models highway concepts using six major root concepts: project, process, product, actor, resources, and technical topics (attributes and constraints). The architecture was developed using rigorous knowledge acquisition and ontology development techniques. It was developed as an extension for the e-COGNOS ontology. The architecture was validated through input from domain experts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | highway construction; information management; infrastructure; knowledge-based systems |
| Index terms: | knowledge management, integration, project stakeholder, ontology, knowledge exchange, highway construction, design and construction, knowledge acquisition, knowledge-based system, geometry |
| Subjects: | education and knowledge transfer, civil engineering, professional development, organizational analysis, sociology, student development, mathematical modelling, contractual arrangements, knowledge management, artificial intelligence |
| Topics: | Information Management, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Procurement, Stakeholder Management, Digital Applications, Organizational Design, Education |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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