Ontology of Capabilities

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Venue: Bonner Hall, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Buffalo, NY

Date: Friday, April 20, 2018

Background: A capability is an attribute of a person or a thing which brings benefits when realized. Examples of human capabilities are knowledge and skills. Examples of machine capabilities are controllability and reliability. Clinicians deal with human capabilities such as the ability of patients to make decisions or to cope with pain. Systems engineers deal with both human and machine capabilities when they design systems taking into account how they will train the system operators

Draft Schedule

1:00pm Introduction and Welcome

1:15pm Barry Smith: Defining 'Capability'

2:15pm Peter Koch: Representing Human Capabilities

3:15pm Break

3:30pm Keynote Lecture

Farhad Ameri: Representing Manufacturing Capabilities

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