El-Gohary, N M and El-Diraby, T E (2010) Domain ontology for processes in infrastructure and construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 136(7), pp. 730-744. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
With the increasing demands for domain-wide integrated construction and infrastructure development, there is a need for developing a domain ontology to build a knowledge model that describes the multistakeholder project development process. This paper presents a domain ontology for supporting knowledge-enabled process management and coordination across various stakeholders, disciplines, and projects. The ontological model is composed of concepts, relations, and axioms. Concepts represent the "things" in the domain of interest; relations establish the interconcept links; and axioms specify the definitions of concepts and relations and constraints on their behavior and interpretation. The ontology models the most fundamental concepts in the domain in a structured, extendable, and flexible format to facilitate future evolution and extension of the ontology for representing application-specific and/or enterprise-specific knowledge. The ontology was evaluated through technical evaluation and user evaluation. User evaluation was conducted through one-to-one expert evaluation interviews.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | information and knowledge management; infrastructure; knowledge-based computer models; ontology; process modeling; project development |
| Index terms: | interview, process modelling, evaluation, ontology, infrastructure development, evolution, information and knowledge management, process management, project development, coordination |
| Subjects: | management, education and knowledge transfer, infrastructure engineering, design analysis, environmental science, data analysis and analytics, knowledge management, project delivery, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Design Practice, Sustainability, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Research Practice, Project Management, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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