COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL VISUAL DESIGN BASED ON ONTOLOGY

Ewa Grabska

2011

Abstract

This paper presents a broad range of ontological aspects that are related to conceptual visual design aided by computer. A formal model of visual design system is defined. In the considered exemplary CAD system based on the model, design ideas are visualized in the form of diagrams created by the designer on the monitor screen. Designer’s diagrams are automatically transformed by the system into data structures. Design knowledge encoded in the data structures is transformed into sentences of the first order logic. The obtained logic language enables the system to reason about compatibility of designer’s solutions with specified con-straints.

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Grabska E. (2011). COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL VISUAL DESIGN BASED ON ONTOLOGY . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-80-5, pages 396-399. DOI: 10.5220/0003652403960399


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@conference{keod11,
author={Ewa Grabska},
title={COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL VISUAL DESIGN BASED ON ONTOLOGY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={396-399},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003652403960399},
isbn={978-989-8425-80-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011)
TI - COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL VISUAL DESIGN BASED ON ONTOLOGY
SN - 978-989-8425-80-5
AU - Grabska E.
PY - 2011
SP - 396
EP - 399
DO - 10.5220/0003652403960399