Knowledge Enabled Tangible Capital Asset Reporting Using Asset Information Integrator System in Infrastructure Management

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dc.contributor.authorZeb, Jehan
dc.contributor.authorFroese, Thomas M.
dc.contributor.authorVanier, Dana
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T22:11:17Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T22:11:17Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractFor effective management of the infrastructure systems, municipalities need to efficiently exchange information about these systems (i.e tangible capital asset information) within different departments of a municipality and between different agencies. This information exchange, referred to as transactions, is presently performed on an ad hoc and manual basis in the form of non-standardized reports created in PDF or Word format. Municipal organizations find it very difficult and time-consuming to compile, compare, extract, and analyze the Asset Inventory and Condition Assessment/Tangible Capital Asset information from these reports due to: (i) human interpretational issues; (ii) heterogeneity of the tangible capital asset data format; (iii) inconsistent description of various classes of assets; and (iv) lack of component-based aggregation of assets. There is a need to improve the way Asset Inventory and Condition Assessment Reporting or Tangible Capital Asset Reporting is currently performed by infrastructure agencies. To address these issues, a Tangible Capital Asset Ontology was developed as part of this research work. The knowledge represented in the ontology was used to define message templates that permit standardized reporting of the asset inventory and condition assessment/tangible capital asset information. Using a four step approach, the formalized message templates were implemented in an Asset Information Integrator System developed as part of this research. The focus of this paper is to introduce the Tangible Capital Asset Kernel Ontology and explain the development and application of the Asset Information Integrator System to demonstrate improved tangible capital asset reporting. The technique employs a case study approach.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationZeb, J., Froese, T. & Vanier, D. (2014). Knowledge Enabled Tangible Capital Asset Reporting Using Asset Information Integrator System in Infrastructure Management. Paper presented at CSCE General Conference, Halifax, NS https://www.xcdsystem.com/csce2014/proceedings/papers/GEN17.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.xcdsystem.com/csce2014/proceedings/papers/GEN17.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11155
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSCE General Conferenceen_US
dc.subjectTangible Capital Assets
dc.subjectAsset Inventory and Condition Assessment Reporting
dc.subjectInfrastructure
dc.subjectOntology
dc.subjectTangible Capital Asset Ontology
dc.subjectAsset Information Integrator System
dc.subjectInfrastructure Management
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
dc.titleKnowledge Enabled Tangible Capital Asset Reporting Using Asset Information Integrator System in Infrastructure Managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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