Although ontologies and organizational learning are issues that have been discussed for
many years, there is not an approach on literature that gives an overview about how both …

Recent advances in information and communication technologies have allowed
manufacturing enterprise to move from highly data-driven environments to a more …

Academics and practitioners have a common interest in the continuing development of
methods and computer applications that support or perform knowledge-intensive …

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art methodologies for automating design with intelligent
human–machine integration from the perspectives of ontology and epistemology. The …

Abstract Knowledge is nowadays considered as a significant source of performance
improvement, but may be difficult to identify, structure, analyse and reuse properly. A …

In the knowledge economy era of the 21st century [14, 17], the competitive advantage of
enterprises has shifted from visible equipment, capital and labor in the past to invisible …

Distributed environments, technological evolution, outsourcing market and information
technology (IT) are factors that considerably influence current and future industrial …

This paper proposes a novel approach to develop a production-oriented software system
aimed to assist shop floor actors during a Manufacturing Problem Solving (MPS) process …

Directing at the problem of inaccurate expression of tacit knowledge and low heuristic of
retrieval results in the design inspiration drawing process of designers based on traditional …

Capitalization and sharing of lessons learned play an essential role in managing the
activities of industrial systems. This is particularly the case for the maintenance …