Automated Information Extraction for Adaptation Design of Mechatronic Systems

Mechatronic product development is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, requiring the linking of the various associated domain-specific information. Especially in adaptation design, the extensive reuse of existing information is reasonable. However, accessing and acquiring this information usually requires high manual effort. Thus, a novel approach for the automated extraction of information from various sources is presented. In order to achieve this, the establishment of a defined list of potential information elements provides the foundation. In light of the preceding analysis the sources of information pertaining to the aforementioned elements were identified and furnished with suitable extraction methods in accordance with the documentation form and type. This facilitates the automatized extraction and structuring of the information. Semantic processing provides the developer with the information in a comprehensible way, thus contributing to a reduced development effort and error avoidance. Finally, a conceptual graphical user interface is described to illustrate the application of the developed approach.