An ontology-based graph approach to support buildings design conformity with a given style

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ślusarczyk, Grażyna^{; *} | Strug, Barbara | Stasiak, Karolina

Affiliations: The Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. E-mails: gslusarc@uj.edu.pl, barbara.strug@uj.edu.pl, kar.stasiak@gmail.com

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Grażyna Ślusarczyk, The Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland. Tel.: +48 12 663 56 98; Fax: +48 12 634 47 28; E-mail: gslusarc@uj.edu.pl.

Note: [] Accepted by: John Bateman

Abstract: This paper deals with analysing and evaluating design suitability for a given environment. A design is deemed to “fit” into the environment in which it is planned to be built if it follows the same style and shows sufficient “closeness” to other buildings in the area. The knowledge about the designed building is encoded in the form of a labelled graph. To test the conformity of the design with a given style an ontology-based graph approach is proposed, while to calculate the degree of similarity of the design to other designs graph mining methods are used. The proposed approach is illustrated by examples of designing buildings in two styles which are well integrated with the environment.

Keywords: Ontology-based design, design style, labelled graph, knowledge-based reasoning, graph mining methods

DOI: 10.3233/AO-160172

Journal: Applied Ontology, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 279-300, 2016