Knowledge Graph Construction for Ethylene Oxide Derivatives

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Solution Overview

Problem

The fine chemical industry, particularly in ethylene oxide derivatives production, faces challenges in integrating and correlating diverse safety production information from various sources, leading to inadequate understanding and inefficient decision-making due to data dispersion and lack of unified semantic expression.

Innovation Solution

A knowledge graph construction method is proposed, involving ontology layer construction using OWL language, multi-source data extraction through top-down and bottom-up methods, and integration of natural language processing for unstructured data, to create a comprehensive knowledge system for ethylene oxide derivatives production processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If data from multiple sources are collected and stored independently, then data completeness is improved, but data integration and decision-making efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoiddecision-making efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple independent data sources (DCS process data, SIS safety data, LIMS quality data, HAZOP knowledge data) into a unified knowledge graph structure. This combines the advantage of comprehensive data collection from various sources while enabling integrated analysis and improved decision-making efficiency through centralized access and correlation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of manufacture

If traditional structural data processing tools are used, then data storage is simplified, but feature extraction and content retrieval capabilities deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata storage simplicityVSAvoidfeature extraction capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from traditional flat tabular data structures to a multi-dimensional knowledge graph structure with entities, attributes, and relationships. This dimensional transformation enables rich feature extraction and semantic retrieval capabilities while maintaining data storage through standardized schemas and ontologies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Loss of information

If knowledge graph construction is implemented, then data integration and semantic understanding are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesemantic understandingVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the knowledge graph construction into distinct modules: data collection from multiple sources, ontology layer construction, knowledge extraction through NLP, and application layer implementation. This segmentation manages system complexity by breaking down the complex knowledge graph construction process into manageable, independently developable components with clear interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Ease of manufacture

If unstructured data is processed using traditional methods, then processing simplicity is maintained, but knowledge extraction accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing simplicityVSAvoidknowledge extraction accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces natural language processing technologies (named entity recognition, relation extraction, event extraction) as intermediary tools between unstructured data and the knowledge graph. These intermediary processing mechanisms enhance knowledge extraction accuracy from unstructured texts while maintaining relatively simple implementation through established NLP pipelines and tools.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20230169309A1Knowledge graph construction method for ethylene oxide derivatives production process
Publication Date: 2023.06.01 DALIAN UNIV OF TECH
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AI summary

The present invention belongs to the technical field of knowledge graph, and provides a knowledge graph construction method for an ethylene oxide derivatives production process. According to data types and characteristics, data sources of the ethylene oxide derivatives production process are sorted and divided into three types: structural data, unstructured data and other types of data. An ontology layer and a data layer of a knowledge graph are constructed by combining top-down and bottom-up methods. A data-driven incremental ontology modeling method is proposed to ensure the expandability of the knowledge graph. For structural knowledge extraction, the safety of original data storage is ensured by means of virtual knowledge graph, and a new mapping mechanism is proposed to realize data materialization. For unstructured knowledge extraction, an entity extraction task is realized on the basis of a BERT-BiLSTM-CRF named entity recognition model by integrating a pre-training language model BERT.