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 …

In the modern global economy, companies are facing ever-increasing challenges for short
time-to-market to enter into the market early, for reduced time-to-volume to occupy the …

A large number of information systems use many different individual schemas to represent
data. Semantically linking these schemas is a necessary precondition to establish …

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 …

Structured methodologies and tools for the tailored design of factories are more and more
adopted by suppliers of manufacturing systems but usually discontinued after the design …

An increasing trend toward product development in a collaborative environment has
resulted in the use of various software tools to enhance the product design. This requires a …

Product configuration is a crucial means to implement the mass customization paradigm by
assembling a set of customizable components to satisfy both customers' needs and …

Companies are moving towards quickly providing better customer-centric products and
services improve market share and market size with continuously growing revenue. As such …

High-throughput biology technologies have yielded complete genome sequences and
functional genomics data for several organisms, including crucial microbial pathogens of …

One of the major problems facing systems for computer aided design; architecture,
engineering, and construction; and geographic information systems applications today is the …