The application of restructuring of knowledge in civil engineering

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Verbeek, Thomas
Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)

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South African Institution of Civil Engineering

Abstract

In this paper, it is shown how knowledge theories and knowledge acquisition techniques are integrated by contextualisation to lead to the drawing of concept maps that can be used in civil engineering design, and to analyse and record specific experience. The concept maps form part of concept-based ontologies that are analysed to identify problems and constraints. Solutions to these problems and constraints create new knowledge and can be reported and linked to the world-wide-web. This linkage is made possible by utilising the Top-Level-Ontologies or Upper-Level-Ontologies to link to existing or new ontologies on the world-wide-web. The logic base acts as a procedure to lead and integrate all the above-mentioned aspects into three modules. These modules of the logic base are described and simple examples are given of how the logic base functions. The logic base is a technique to bring knowledge closer to the practising engineer, and facilitates thinking processes that will greatly assist in systematising knowledge, the analysis thereof and making it accessible on the word-wide-web.

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Logic base, Ontology, Concept diagrams, Concept maps, Knowledge representation, Case studies

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Verbeek, T. & Bothma, T.J.D. The application of restructuring of knowledge in civil engineering. Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 2019:61(1), Art. #0400, 15 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/2309-8775/2019/v61n1a5.