Knowledge models in computer-aided manufacturing systems

Abstract

Despite of vast amounts of information and considerable opportunities to process it with computer-aided manufacturing systems, personal experience and lore of experts become a role-defining category in the issues of creating and making technical decisions. This should be factored into the process of creating instruments for decision making, which are based on computer-aided manufacturing systems. Efficient decision-making models, as well as models of factors (determinants) evaluation, should include expert knowledge data. In this connection, it is of burning importance to find ways to formalize expert knowledge into a code readable by computer-aided manufacturing systems. The research paper presents three determinant (criteria) evaluation models which help make technical decisions. The models include expert knowledge data formalized by means of linguistic variables. The research paper also presents recommendations on how to opt for a proper model, including requirements, and peculiarities of expert information collection matters.