Design Rationale Capture Based on Argumentation Framework

Accession number;05A0661065
Title;Design Rationale Capture Based on Argumentation Framework
Author; KATO YOSHIKIYO (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JPN) HORI KOICHI (Todai Sentankagakugijutsukenkyuse)
Journal Title;Proceedings of the Annual Conference on JSAI (CD-ROM)
Journal Code:X0580B
ISSN:
VOL.19th;NO.;PAGE.1C4-01(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.1, REF.9
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Although the importance of recording design rationale has been recognized, it has not been widely accepted in practice. Major reasons hindering the acceptance of such practice are 1) the cost associated with capturing design rationale, 2) failure to perceive the direct benefits of describing design rationale, and 3) the difficulty of utilizing captured design rationale. This study aims to overcome the capture bottleneck of design rationale by employing computable design rationale representation. In this paper, we propose a computational model of design rationale based on a formal argumentation framework, report an experiment of describing a design rationale in NHL knowledge representation language and applying the argument generation functionality of the legal reasoning system New HELIC-II, and present a prospect of a system for design rationale capture based on the proposed framework. (author abst.)