last modified: 23/02/2006

Course code: mt217

Course name: Design Methodology and Knowledge Engineering

This concerns a Course

ECTS credit points: 4

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Section of Design of Marine Systems

Lecturer(s): Klein Woud, prof.ir. J., and others

Tel.:  015 - 27 81556

Catalog data:

knowledge based design

Course year:

MSc 1st year

Course language:

Dutch (English on request)

In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English alternative, whenever needed.

Semester:

1A

Hours per week:

2

Other hours:

98

Assessment:

Written report

Assessment period:

1A

(see academic calendar)

 

Prerequisites (course codes):

BSc Marine Technology

Follow up (course codes):

     

Detailed description of topics:

Design methods; design phases; functional design; knowledge; knowledge representation; knowledge acquisition; procedural versus knowledge based software; Example of a knowledge based design tool: QUAESTOR; examples of use of QUAESTOR; simulation based design.

Course material:

  • overhead sheets on Blackboard

References from literature:

  •      

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

Seven lectures, each of 2 hours, will be given, mainly by specilialists from industry and Royal Netherlands Navy. Students, in groups of 2, make a conceptual design of a ship with a knowledge based tool. The knowledge base is partly provided and will be partly made by the students. The studyload for the design exercise is 98 hours per student. The project will be evaluated on basis of a written report and an oral presentation.

Learning goals:

The student must be able to:

  1. Explain different design techniques, knowledge types and knowledge representation.

  2. Explain the concepts of knowledge engineering, knowledge management, data mining, procedural versus knowledge based programmes, simulation-based design, functional design.

  3. Explain and apply the techniques of knowledge engineering and apply a knowledge based tool (QUAESTOR) to a specific issue in the field of maritime technology.

Computer use:

QUAESTOR

Laboratory project(s):

     

Design content:

Conceptual design of a ship.

Percentage of design:  100%