Ontology-Driven Mixture-of-Domain Documentation (2025-01)¶

A Backbone Approach Enabling Question Answering for Additive Construction

Li Chao, Petzold Frank
Journal Article - Buildings, Vol. 15, Iss. 1, No. 133

Abstract

Advanced construction techniques, such as additive manufacturing (AM) and modular construction, offer promising solutions to address labor shortages, reduce CO2 emissions, and enhance material efficiency. Despite their potential, the adoption of these innovative methods is hindered by the construction industry’s fragmented expertise. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is frequently suggested to integrate this diverse knowledge, but existing BIM-based approaches lack a robust framework for systematically documenting and retrieving the cross-domain knowledge essential for construction projects. To bridge this gap, this paper presents an ontology-driven methodology for documenting and utilizing expert knowledge, with a focus on AM in construction. Based on a wellfounded ontological framework, a set of modular ontologies is formalized for individual domains. Additionally, a prototypical documentation tool is developed to elevate recorded information and BIM models as a knowledge graph. This knowledge graph will interface with advanced large language models (LLMs), enabling effective question answering and knowledge retrieval.

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BibTeX

@article{li_petz.2025.ODMoDD,
  author            = "Chao Li and Frank Petzold",
  title             = "Ontology-Driven Mixture-of-Domain Documentation: A Backbone Approach Enabling Question Answering for Additive Construction",
  doi               = "10.3390/buildings15010133",
  year              = "2025",
  journal           = "Buildings",
  volume            = "15",
  number            = "1",
  pages             = "133",
}

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IEEE

C. Li and F. Petzold, “Ontology-Driven Mixture-of-Domain Documentation: A Backbone Approach Enabling Question Answering for Additive Construction”, Buildings, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 133, 2025, doi: 10.3390/buildings15010133.

CMOS

Li, Chao, and Frank Petzold. “Ontology-Driven Mixture-of-Domain Documentation: A Backbone Approach Enabling Question Answering for Additive Construction”. Buildings 15, no. 1 (2025): 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15010133.