Given the crucial role of process modeling in product development (PD) project
management research and practice, and the variety of models proposed in the literature, a …

With the globalization of manufacturing activities and increasing requirements on
interoperability, standardization will play an important role in R&D and day-to-day activities …

The main objective of this thesis is to contribute to the theory of Conceptual Modeling by
proposing ontological foundations for structural conceptual models. Conceptual Modeling is …

The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) is an upper level ontology that has been
proposed as a starter document for The Standard Upper Ontology Working Group, an IEEE …

Web services will transform the web from a collection of information into a distributed
computational device. In order to employ their full potential, appropriate description means …

Web services--Web-accessible programs and devices-are a key application area for the
Semantic Web. With the proliferation of Web services and the evolution towards the …

In this paper we present DAML-S, a DAML+ OIL ontology for describing the properties and
capabilities of Web Services. Web Services-Web-accessible programs and devices-are …

This paper provides a foundation for modeling the set of activities and their relationships by
which systems are engineered, or, more broadly, by which products and services are …

As technology advances and thus Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
evolve, a new enterprise model must be devised to face future digital enterprise needs. This …

Actionable Cognitive Twins are the next generation Digital Twins enhanced with cognitive
capabilities through a knowledge graph and artificial intelligence models that provide …