OntoCAPE A Re-Usable Ontology for Chemical Process Engineering /

• Main Authors: Marquardt, Wolfgang (Author), Morbach, Jan (Author), Wiesner, Andreas (Author), Yang, Aidong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: RWTHedition,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Computer-aided engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.

This book presents OntoCAPE, a formal domain ontology for chemical process engineering, which is based on a general upper ontology for engineering. The organization and structure of the ontology are depicted, and the conceptualizations of various topic areas are described in detail, including the ar...

Table of Contents:

• Scientific Background
• Overview on OntoCAPE
• Meta Model
• Upper Level
• Supporting Concepts
• Material
• Chemical Process Systems
• Mathematical Models
• Design Principles of OntoCAPE
• Related Work on Ontologies for Engineering Applications
• Evolutionary Improvement and Validation through Applications
• Conclusions.