Wicaksono, Hendro; Jost, Fabian; Rogalski, Sven; Ovtcharova, Jivka Energy efficiency evaluation in manufacturing through an ontology-represented knowledge base Journal Article Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 21 (1), pp. 59-69, 2014. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: energy efficiency, knowledge base, knowledge management, manufacturing, Ontology @article{Wicaksono2014,
title = {Energy efficiency evaluation in manufacturing through an ontology-represented knowledge base},
author = {Hendro Wicaksono and Fabian Jost and Sven Rogalski and Jivka Ovtcharova},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/isaf.1347/abstract},
doi = {10.1002/isaf.1347},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-04-01},
journal = {Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management},
volume = {21},
number = {1},
pages = {59-69},
abstract = {Improving energy efficiency in a manufacturing company through an energy management system requires active participation of different stakeholders and involvement of different organizational entities and technical processes. Interoperability of stakeholders and entities is the key factor to achieve a successful implementation of an energy management system. Researchers have been developing approaches in applying ontologies to address interoperability issues among humans as well as machines. Ontologies have also been used for knowledge representation in different domains, such as energy management and manufacturing. In recent years, researchers have developed knowledge-based intelligent energy management systems in buildings, especially households, which use ontologies for knowledge representation. In the manufacturing domain, ontologies have been used for knowledge management in order to provide a common formal understanding between the stakeholders, who have different background knowledge. This paper proposes an approach to apply ontology to allow knowledge-based energy efficiency evaluation in manufacturing companies. The ontology provides a formal knowledge representation that addresses the interoperability issues due to different human stakeholders as well as machines involved in the energy management system of the company. This paper also describes the methods used to construct and to process the ontology. },
keywords = {energy efficiency, knowledge base, knowledge management, manufacturing, Ontology},
pubstate = {published},
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}
Improving energy efficiency in a manufacturing company through an energy management system requires active participation of different stakeholders and involvement of different organizational entities and technical processes. Interoperability of stakeholders and entities is the key factor to achieve a successful implementation of an energy management system. Researchers have been developing approaches in applying ontologies to address interoperability issues among humans as well as machines. Ontologies have also been used for knowledge representation in different domains, such as energy management and manufacturing. In recent years, researchers have developed knowledge-based intelligent energy management systems in buildings, especially households, which use ontologies for knowledge representation. In the manufacturing domain, ontologies have been used for knowledge management in order to provide a common formal understanding between the stakeholders, who have different background knowledge. This paper proposes an approach to apply ontology to allow knowledge-based energy efficiency evaluation in manufacturing companies. The ontology provides a formal knowledge representation that addresses the interoperability issues due to different human stakeholders as well as machines involved in the energy management system of the company. This paper also describes the methods used to construct and to process the ontology. |