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Although a lot of researchers have pointed out the significance of functional representation, the general relations between function and behavior is not fully understood yet. We consider the knowledge of each component in a system as consisting of two elements. One is a necessary and sufficient information for simulation of the component which we call behavior. The other is the interpretation of the behavior under a desirable state which the component is expected to achieve, which we call function. By identifying primitives necessary for the interpretation of the behavior in various domains, we can capture what function is and represent it by selection and combination of them. This research proposed FBRL(Function and Behavior Representing Language), a language for representing function and behavior with the primitives we identified. Also its application to explanation generation is discussed in the following papers.
Ą Journal Paper
Design of a Functional Representation Language FBRL Based on an Ontology of Function and Behavior
Munehiko Sasajima, Yoshinobu Kitamura, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.11,No.3,pp.420-431,1996 (in Japanese)

A Representation Language for Behavior and Function: FBRL,
Munehiko Sasajima, Yoshinobu Kitamura, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Expert Systems with Applications Vol.10, No.3/4, pp.471-479,1996

A method of qualitative reasoning for model-based problem solving and its application to a nuclear plant,
Yoshinobu Kitamura, Munehiko Sasajima, Mitsuru Ikeda, Shinji Yoshikawa, Akira Endo, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.10, No.3/4, pp.441-448, 1996

Ontology Design of Fluid Systems and Time for Model-Based Problem Solving and Its Evaluation
Yoshinobu Kitamura, Munehiko Sasajima, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.12CNo.1,1997 (in Japanese)
Ą International Conference(With Review)
An Investigation on Domain Ontology to Represent Functional Models,
Munehiko Sasajima, Yoshinobu Kitamura, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Proc. of the Eighth International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems, Nara, Japan, pp.224-233, 1994

Model Building and Qualitative Reasoning for Diagnostic Shell,
Yoshinobu Kitamura, Munehiko Sasajima, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Proc. of JKJCES, pp.41-46, 1994

Domain Ontology for Representing Behavior and Function,
Munehiko Sasajima, Yoshinobu Kitamura, Mitsuru Ikeda, Shinji Yoshikawa, Akira Endo, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Proc. of PACESf95, Huangshan, China, pp.147-154, 1995

FBRL: A Function and Behavior Representation Language,
Munehiko Sasajima, Yoshinobu Kitamura, Mitsuru Ikeda, and Riichiro Mizoguchi, Proc. of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence(IJCAI-95), Montreal, Canada, pp.1830-1836, 1995