Re: SUO: Ontologies applied to control
Dear Craig,
I am new in the group and I just saw you e-mail concerning ontologies
for control aspects. This caught my attention as I am working on an
ontology for plant operation (mostly procedural control) and I am now
working in a project for an ontology of fault diagnosis and monitoring
of chemical processes.
The approach is based on a framework that organizes the ontologies into
structural, behavioral and operation-and-management aspects, which has
proved to be quite useful in facilitaing the integration of several
domains along the engineering life-cycle of process plants.
If you are interested we can try to see whether the framework and other
ideas can fit with you domain. I will send you a paper that tells a bit
about the possibility of using and extending PSL for the operation
ontology. I guess the fault diagnosis and monitoring ontology is much
more domain-independent and it could be also another interesting
activity for collaboration.
Best regards,
Rafael
> I have been following this discussion group for quite a while, but this is
> my first contribution...
>
> After taking a two year hiatus from NIST to try out private industry, I
> have returned to NIST to continue applying ontologies to address industrial
> challenges. In my current role, I am charged with applying ontologies to
> the control environment (specifically, the control of autonomous vehicles
> as well as the control of automated manufacturing inspection machines).
>
> Does anyone have any experience in applying ontologies to the area of
> control? The Division in which I work has developed a control hierarchy,
> where ontologies would logically fit into the higher levels of the control
> hierarchy (where response time is longer and the representations are
> usually symbolic) as oppose to the lower levels of the control hierarchy
> (where response time is shorter (usually in the microseconds) and the
> representations are usually numeric or map-based). I would be interested in
> exploring which concepts in SUO would be most relevant to specialize in
> developing a domain ontology for control.
>
> Any insight from previous experiences would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig
>
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> Craig Schlenoff
> Mechanical Engineer
> Intelligent Systems Division
> Manufacturing Engineering Lab
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
> 301-975-3456
> schlenof@cme.nist.gov