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Esmond Neil Urwin

Other affiliations: University of Nottingham
Bio: Esmond Neil Urwin is an academic researcher from Loughborough University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interoperability & Ontology (information science). The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 21 publications receiving 161 citations. Previous affiliations of Esmond Neil Urwin include University of Nottingham.

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TL;DR: The approach provides a generic view of key RE processes clustered into three groups of activities: requirement elicitation, analysis and negotiation and is supported by a set of knowledge functions aimed at facilitating the requirement engineers in matching customer requirements to product characteristics.
Abstract: The success of requirement specification in new design projects largely depends on an accurate match between customer requirements and company product and process knowledge. Despite the recent developments in the domain there is still a lack of transparency and consistent definition and integration of the activities in requirement engineering (RE). There is also a lack of structured methods for capturing relevant enterprise knowledge and deploying it in support of decision making for requirement specification. This paper reports on the knowledge acquisition and sharing for requirement engineering (KARE) approach for requirement specification of one-of-a-kind complex systems. The approach provides a generic view of key RE processes clustered into three groups of activities: requirement elicitation, analysis and negotiation. The process is supported by a set of knowledge functions aimed at facilitating the requirement engineers in matching customer requirements to product characteristics. The reported research has been developed as part of the ESPRIT collaborative project KARE funded by the European Commission.

38 citations

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TL;DR: A reference ontology is put forward to support risk assessment for product-service systems applied to the domain of global production networks to help accelerate the development of information systems by way of developing a common foundation to improve interoperability and the seamless exchange of information between systems and organisations.
Abstract: As progress towards globalisation continues, organisations seek ever better ways with which to configure and reconfigure their global production networks so as to better understand and be able to deal with risk. Such networks are complex arrangements of different organisations from potentially diverse and divergent domains and geographical locations. Moreover, greater focus is being put upon global production network systems and how these can be better coordinated, controlled and assessed for risk, so that they are flexible and competitive advantage can be gained from them within the market place. This paper puts forward a reference ontology to support risk assessment for product-service systems applied to the domain of global production networks. The aim behind this is to help accelerate the development of information systems by way of developing a common foundation to improve interoperability and the seamless exchange of information between systems and organisations. A formal common logic based approach has been used to develop the reference ontology, utilising end user information and knowledge from three separate industrial domains. Results are presented which illustrate the ability of the approach, together with areas for further work.

28 citations

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TL;DR: Preliminary results for the capture and modelling of end-user information, an initial higher level reference core ontology for the development of reference ontologies, and the formal logical modelling of Level 1 of the FLEXINET reference ontology using a Common Logic based approach are presented.

22 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a lightweight ontology is proposed to capture and represent machining knowledge so that it can be shared and reused by design engineers to accelerate the design-make process of aerospace products.
Abstract: The nature of competition induces the need to constantly improve and perform better. For global aerospace manufacturers, this is as timely an epithet as ever as market forces urge for more growth, better financial return and market position. The macroeconomic aspect is compounded by the growth of product complexity and the need for higher product quality, hence the drive to reduce waste places emphasis upon production costs and the need to improve product performance. This paper focuses upon a rapid development and deployment method that enables the capture and representation of machining knowledge so that it may be shared and reused by design engineers to accelerate the design-make process. The study and mapping of information and knowledge relationships are described and put forward as a lightweight ontology. From this, a set of knowledge document templates were created to facilitate the capture, structuring and sharing of machining knowledge within a collaborative multidisciplinary aerospace engineerin...

18 citations

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TL;DR: A reference ontology that has been developed to enable the interoperation of software tools involved in the global production of new product-services systems (PSS) is put forward using a formal logic-based approach.
Abstract: The need to innovate and compete drives organisations to constantly seek new approaches to facilitate business and commerce. As market places become ever more globalised and digital economies grow, these organisations rely more heavily upon systems to design and deliver their products and services. Hence, when developing and operating a global production network the need for systems to interoperate between different domains and contexts within a global production network becomes paramount if organisations are to succeed. This paper puts forwards a reference ontology that has been developed to enable the interoperation of software tools involved in the global production of new product-services systems (PSS). It sets out the levels of the reference ontology, detailing closely the product-service aspects. This has been developed using a formal logic-based approach. An example knowledge base has been created from industrial end user information with queries applied to this to provide a set of results, showing the ability of the reference ontology.

14 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a framework of a fuzzy FMEA (failure modes and rffects analysis) based evaluation approach for new product concepts is proposed in order to enhance robustness of new products at the conceptual design stage.
Abstract: The demand for high-quality and low-cost products with short development time in the dynamic global market has forced researchers and industries to focus on various effective product development strategies. The authors are carrying out research studies to explore the applicability of fuzzy logic and knowledge-based systems technologies to today’s competitive product design and development, with an emphasis on the design of high quality products at the conceptual design stage. A framework of a fuzzy FMEA (failure modes and rffects analysis) based evaluation approach for new product concepts is proposed in this paper. Based on the proposed approach and methodologies, a prototype system named EPDS-1, which can assist inexperienced users to perform FMEA analysis for quality and reliability improvement, alternative design evaluation, materials selection, and cost assessment, thus helping to enhance robustness of new products at the conceptual design stage. This paper presents the underlying concepts of the development and shows the practical application with the prototype system with a case study.

189 citations