Abstract Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is a research field, which evolved in the
1980s within the context of artificial intelligence (AI), computer aided design (CAD) and …

The advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has the potential to transform emerging
economies to another developmental echelon by increasing productivity and improving …

Designing railway infrastructure is a knowledge-intensive task. Although there are a number
of mature design authoring systems available, their support for dynamically incorporating …

Short delivery times are considered a competitive advantage in the engineer-to-order (ETO)
sector. Design-related tasks contribute to a substantial amount of delivery times and costs …

KBE systems have been studied by researchers for about 30 years. Numerous papers have
been published, approaches have been formally built and methodologies have been …

Fourth Industrial Revolution has the potential to transform the International Management
Education futurology both positively and negatively. The purpose of the theory is to describe …

Current industrial practice does not reflect the opportunities provided by state-of-the-art
design automation methods. The limited application of computational methods to support the …

Abstract Research on Engineering Knowledge Management (EKM) has identified
challenges with the systematic source of engineering knowledge for the design process …

A product platform is a design approach for meeting the demand for customizable products.
Traditional knowledge-based technologies or systems lack flexibility in supporting both …

The handling of knowledge represents the key to competitiveness, with company-specific
product and process knowledge marking a unique position with respect to competition …