Recipe-based Integrated Semantic Product, Process, Resource (PPR) Digital Modelling Methodology

Virtual engineering methods based on digital modelling and simulations have potential to improve analysis and performance of manufacturing systems. Current generation digital modelling techniques in view of systems design and life cycle modelling attempts to integrate aspects of product, process and resource requirements. Despite these advances, to facilitate rapid design and provide support for the selection of processes and resources, there is the need to semantically model and integrate product-process requirements with resource capabilities. This paper therefore presents a ‘recipe-based’ approach to modelling based on ontologies with capability to rapidly define and select resource systems meeting product and process requirements.