Knowledge-Based Configuration. From Research to Business Cases

✍ Scribed by Alexander Felfernig, Lothar Hotz, Claire Bagley and Juha Tiihonen (Auth.)

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 341
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Knowledge-based Configuration incorporates knowledge representation formalisms to capture complex product models and reasoning methods to provide intelligent interactive behavior with the user. This book represents the first time that corporate and academic worlds collaborate integrating research and commercial benefits of knowledge-based configuration. Foundational interdisciplinary material is provided for composing models from increasingly complex products and services. Case studies, the latest research, and graphical knowledge representations that increase understanding of knowledge-based configuration provide a toolkit to continue to push the boundaries of what configurators can do and how they enable companies and customers to thrive.

• Includes detailed discussion of state-of-the art configuration knowledge engineering approaches such as automated testing and debugging, redundancy detection, and conflict management
• Provides an overview of the application of knowledge-based configuration technologies in the form of real-world case studies from SAP, Siemens, Kapsch, and more
• Explores the commercial benefits of knowledge-based configuration technologies to business sectors from services to industrial equipment
• Uses concepts that are based on an example personal computer configuration knowledge base that is represented in an UML-based graphical language

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Knowledge-Based Configuration, Page i
Knowledge-Based Configuration
From Research to Business Cases, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgments, Page xiii
About the Editors, Pages xv-xvi
List of Contributors, Pages xvii-xix
Foreword, Pages xxi-xxiii
Chapter 1 - Motivation for the Book, Pages 3-7
Chapter 2 - A Short History of Configuration Technologies, Pages 9-19
Chapter 3 - Configuration-Related Topics, Pages 21-27
Chapter 4 - Benefits of Configuration Systems, Pages 29-33
Chapter 5 - Overview of the Book, Pages 35-37
Chapter 6 - Configuration Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Pages 41-72
Chapter 7 - Conflict Detection and Diagnosis in Configuration, Pages 73-87
Chapter 8 - User Interfaces for Configuration Environments, Pages 89-106
Chapter 9 - Core Capabilities of Sustainable Mass Customization, Pages 107-120
Chapter 10 - Smarthome Configuration Model, Pages 121-135
Chapter 11 - Knowledge Engineering for Configuration Systems, Pages 139-155
Chapter 12 - Redundancy Detection in Configuration Knowledge, Pages 157-166
Chapter 13 - Personalized Configuration, Pages 167-179
Chapter 14 - Consumer Decision-Making and Configuration Systems, Pages 181-190
Chapter 15 - Configuration-Related Research Challenges, Pages 191-195
Chapter 16 - SIEMENS: Configuration and Reconfiguration in Industry, Pages 199-210
Chapter 17 - Tacton: Use of Tacton Configurator at FLSmidth, Pages 211-218
Chapter 18 - encoway: From ERP-Based to Sales-Oriented Configuration, Pages 219-227
Chapter 19 - Kapsch: Reconfiguration of Mobile Phone Networks, Pages 229-240
Chapter 20 - Configuring and Generating Technical Documents, Pages 241-250
Chapter 21 - Configuring Services and Processes, Pages 251-260
Chapter 22 - S’UPREME, Pages 263-269
Chapter 23 - encoway, Pages 271-279
Chapter 24 - KONWERK, Pages 281-295
Chapter 25 - WeeVis, Pages 297-307
Chapter 26 - VariSales, Pages 309-318
Chapter 27 - Product Configuration in SAP: A Retrospective, Pages 319-337
Appendix, Pages 341-344
Author Index, Pages 345-352
Subject Index, Pages 353-357