<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) is an important process used to enhance quality of processes basing on knowledge. However, it is difficult to access DMAIC knowledge. Conventional approaches meet a problem arising from structuring and reusing DMAIC knowledge. The main reason is that DMAIC knowledge is not represented and organized systematically. In this article, we overcome the problem basing on a conceptual model that is a combination of DMAIC process, knowledge management, and Ontology engineering. The main idea of our model is to utilizing Ontologies to represent knowledge generated by each of DMAIC phases. We build five different knowledge bases for storing all knowledge of DMAIC phases with the support of necessary tools and appropriate techniques in Information Technology area. Consequently, these knowledge bases provide knowledge available to experts, managers, and web users during or after DMAIC execution in order to share and reuse existing knowledge.</p></abstract>

DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) is an important process used to enhance quality of processes basing on knowledge. However, it is difficult to access DMAIC knowledge. Conventional approaches meet a problem arising from structuring and reusing DMAIC knowledge. The main reason is that DMAIC knowledge is not represented and organized systematically. In this article, we overcome the problem basing on a conceptual model that is a combination of DMAIC process, knowledge management, and Ontology engineering. The main idea of our model is to utilizing Ontologies to represent knowledge generated by each of DMAIC phases. We build five different knowledge bases for storing all knowledge of DMAIC phases with the support of necessary tools and appropriate techniques in Information Technology area. Consequently, these knowledge bases provide knowledge available to experts, managers, and web users during or after DMAIC execution in order to share and reuse existing knowledge.

An Ontology-Based Conceptual Model For Accumulating And Reusing Knowledge In A DMAIC Process

Faculty of Engineering, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Technical Series

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) is an important process used to enhance quality of processes basing on knowledge. However, it is...

An Ontology-Based Conceptual Model For Accumulating And Reusing Knowledge In A DMAIC Process

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 185 - 190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0087

Keywords
Knowledge representation, Ontology, Knowledge base, DMAIC, Six Sigma

© Nguyen ThanhDat et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Ontology-Based Conceptual Model For Accumulating And Reusing Knowledge In A DMAIC Process

Published Online: Sep 23, 2015

Page range: 185 - 190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucts-2015-0087

KeywordsKnowledge representation, Ontology, Knowledge base, DMAIC, Six Sigma

© Nguyen ThanhDat et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Knowledge representation, Ontology, Knowledge base, DMAIC, Six Sigma