This paper presents a method for managing and modeling a product family as a configurable product. The method enables efficient management of a large number of product variants. The modeling is based on a recently proposed conceptualization of configuration domain, which is a synthesis and extension of the main approaches to configuration. The concepts of the conceptualization are components, a...

The lack of possibility of creative communication in the conceptualization phase of the design process significantly decreases the effectiveness. The aim of this research is to find effective non-traditional shape conceptualization techniques. The paper presents an analysis of the activities in the conceptualization process and the man–machine communication. It also shows how to evaluate and se...

The term ontology is originated from Philosophy and was adopted by AI researchers to describe formal domain knowledge. Several ontology definitions have been proposed in the last decades. The most frequently cited definition is that given by Gruber in 1993, that is, ontology is defined as “an explicit specification of a conceptualization”. In other words, an ontology is a domain model (conceptu...

Abstract The conception of racial categories from a biological perspective is unconsciously embedded in the individual’s cognition. This true even among university students majoring biology and medicine. Even though have never learned about “race” explicitly formal class, they are highly likely to implicitly construct, hold concepts race. study investigated how Korean college General Science Ed...

patriotism and nationalism make up the two sides of the spectrum of national attachment; but with different meanings, tendencies, and outcomes. this article, based on the current theories about national attachment, tries to study this subject from a different point of view. the main goal of this article is to explain national attachment in the context of the positive feeling of people toward th...

Case conceptualization is a foundation of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) because it describes and explains clients’ presentations in ways that inform interventions. Yet the evidence base challenges the claimed benefits of case conceptualization. This paper reviews the rationale and evidence base for case conceptualization and outlines a new approach that uses the metaphor of a case concept...

Building ontologies has been proven to be a complex issue in part because a community must commit to the conceptualization that the ontology represents. The community members must align their concepts and co-create. Arguing about a useful conceptualization is therefore an essential part of the process of designing an ontology. Logicians have developed formal argumentation theories, but have not...