We review the scholarly contributions that utilise natural language processing (NLP)
techniques to support the design process. Using a heuristic approach, we gathered 223 …

Engineering design is an information processing activity, in which designers access and
create information at every stage of the design process, creating information models of the …

The semantic retrieval of the engineering domain knowledge is critical in many engineering
activities, eg, product design and process planning. To address the problems with existing …

Purpose–In an era of rapidly expanding digital content, the number of e‐documents and the
amount of knowledge frequently overwhelm the R&D teams and often impede intellectual …

Abstract Domain ontology, encompassing both concepts and instances, along with their
relations and properties, is a new medium for the storage and propagation of domain …

Building design is developed into complexities, especially because of the emergence needs
on applying a concept of sustainability. Aesthetic and engineering systems are no longer as …

Architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) consulting businesses are developing
into a specialized industry, and collaborative decision making is essential to obtain the finest …

Based on the analysis of feature modeling activities in a collaborative environment, a
definition and a classification of concurrency conflicts have been presented. A feature …

Based on the analysis of semantic transmission scenarios in aircraft tooling design as well
as the combination of software agent, PDM and CAD technologies, a semantics-based …

Ce travail de thèse explore la conception d'applications collaboratives destinées a être
exécutées dans des environnements ubiquitaires. Les applications collaboratives …