Knowledge Based Engineering and Its Application in Engineering: A Review

Purpose: The use of Engineering tools and integrated systems prior to actual prototyping of end product is essential to reduce overall cost component. In democratic countries like India, a new kind of system will certainly help to directly enhance the abilities of fresher graduates. It is a dire need of today’s India to come up with knowledge based Engineering system which will be a platform to have a systematic and convergent way to get a new design of product at hand. The intent of this paper to summarize & exhibit important aspects of Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) in with respect to benefits, criteria and application in Engineering. Design/Methodology/Approach: The review of Knowledge based Engineering is based on 64 papers selected based upon the methodologies adopted for modelling and implementation of interface in the field of engineering published from 1989 to till date in academic databases namely Science Direct, Emerald, Taylor & Francis Journals and articles published in international conference proceedings, and some of the paid journal articles, etc. with ‘Knowledge Based Engineering’ and ‘Module Based Learning’ as keywords. Finding: Through the literature review, this paper brings up the analysis of aforementioned aspect of methodologies adopted in implementation of KBE system in engineering and benefits received by optimizing the work time, cost and improving the efficiency of change in engineering process. Research Limitations/implications: The literature on practical difficulties for implementation of KBE system and tradeoff between benefits and risk associated with KBE are seldom available. Originality/Value: This paper presents a literature review on three crucial aspects namely benefits, applications to various fields, methods of implementation in Knowledge Based Engineering. These are identified according to their level of importance. The main contribution of this paper is to draw together three above mentioned important aspects of Knowledge Based Engineering.