Knowledge-Intensive Process Modelling in Engineering Design

While design processes in certain domains have shifted towards early adoption of simulation and virtualization techniques, processes monitoring and reuse is not well-integrated into current development practices. We introduce a framework to integrate Multidisciplinary design optimisation processes using ontological engineering, where artefact and simulation models are exploited to yield more effective optimisation-driven development. We show how meta-modelling techniques can overcome representational and semantic differences between analysis disciplines and execution environments.