Quality Engineering Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/industrial-engineering/quality-engineering-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Quality Engineering,
    including requirements, specifications, characteristics, tolerances,
    measurements, inspection, metrology, measurement uncertainty,
    conformance, nonconformance, defects, process variation, statistical
    process control, control charts, process capability, acceptance
    sampling, root-cause analysis, corrective action, preventive action,
    continuous improvement, provenance, uncertainty, confidence and
    recursive quality-engineering reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    Quality Management Systems
    Manufacturing Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Quality Engineering ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Quality Engineering

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Industrial Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Industrial Engineering
    Quality Engineering
    Manufacturing Engineering
    Measurement Science
    Statistics
    Process Control
    Reliability Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    Quality Engineering is the engineering discipline concerned with
    defining, measuring, controlling and improving the characteristics of
    products, processes and systems so that verified requirements are met
    consistently and variation, defects and nonconformance are reduced.

ENTITY_IDS
    QUALITY_ENGINEERING
        ID
            QUALITY_ENGINEERING_001

    QUALITY_REQUIREMENT
        ID
            QUALITY_REQUIREMENT_001

    QUALITY_CHARACTERISTIC
        ID
            QUALITY_CHARACTERISTIC_001

    SPECIFICATION_LIMIT
        ID
            QUALITY_SPECIFICATION_LIMIT_001

    QUALITY_MEASUREMENT
        ID
            QUALITY_MEASUREMENT_001

    CONFORMANCE_STATE
        ID
            CONFORMANCE_STATE_001

    NONCONFORMANCE
        ID
            QUALITY_NONCONFORMANCE_001

    PROCESS_VARIATION
        ID
            PROCESS_VARIATION_001

    PROCESS_CAPABILITY
        ID
            PROCESS_CAPABILITY_001

    CORRECTIVE_ACTION
        ID
            QUALITY_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_001

FACTS
    Quality Engineering
        is_a_domain_within
            Industrial Engineering

    Quality Engineering
        may_include
            Quality Planning
            Inspection
            Metrology
            Statistical Process Control
            Process Capability
            Acceptance Sampling
            Root-cause Analysis
            Corrective Action
            Continuous Improvement

    Quality Characteristics
        may_be
            Dimensional
            Mechanical
            Electrical
            Chemical
            Visual
            Functional

    Process Variation
        may_include
            Common-cause Variation
            Special-cause Variation

    Quality Evidence
        may_include
            Measurements
            Inspection Results
            Test Results
            Process Data
            Audit Evidence

RELATIONSHIPS
    Industrial Engineering
        contains
            Quality Engineering Ontology

    Quality Requirement
        defines
            Required State

    Quality Characteristic
        represents
            Measurable or Assessable Feature

    Specification Limit
        constrains
            Acceptable Characteristic Range

    Quality Measurement
        estimates
            Characteristic Value

    Conformance State
        compares
            Measurement Evidence
        with
            Requirement

    Nonconformance
        records
            Requirement Failure

    Process Variation
        influences
            Output Distribution

    Process Capability
        relates
            Process Distribution
        to
            Specification Limits

    Corrective Action
        addresses
            Verified Cause of Nonconformance

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Quality Engineering
        approximately_equals
            Engineering of Conformance, Variation Control and Continuous Improvement

    Quality Control
        is_a_domain_within
            Quality Engineering

    Quality Assurance
        overlaps_with
            Quality Engineering

    Tolerance
        does_not_equal
            Measurement Uncertainty

    Control Limits
        do_not_equal
            Specification Limits

    Process Capability
        does_not_equal
            Product Conformance

    Inspection
        does_not_equal
            Quality Assurance

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Quality Engineering
        Quality Control
        Quality Assurance
        Requirement
        Specification
        Tolerance
        Characteristic
        Measurement
        Inspection
        Metrology
        Uncertainty
        Conformance
        Nonconformance
        Defect
        Variation
        SPC
        Control Chart
        Control Limit
        Process Capability
        Cp
        Cpk
        Acceptance Sampling
        Root Cause
        Corrective Action
        CAPA
        Continuous Improvement

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Quality Engineering

    Parent
        Industrial Engineering

    Core Components
        Quality Requirement
        Quality Characteristic
        Specification Limit
        Quality Measurement
        Conformance State
        Nonconformance
        Process Variation
        Process Capability
        Corrective Action

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Quality Engineering
    as
        Evidence-driven engineering of requirements, measurement,
        conformance, process variation and improvement.

    Distinguish
        Tolerance
    from
        Measurement Uncertainty

    Distinguish
        Control Limits
    from
        Specification Limits

    Distinguish
        Process Capability
    from
        Product Conformance

    Distinguish
        Inspection
    from
        Quality Assurance

    Preserve
        Product identity
        Product revision
        Process identity
        Process version
        Requirement identity
        Requirement revision
        Characteristic identity
        Specification identity
        Specification revision
        Measurement identity
        Measurement method
        Measurement uncertainty
        Sample identity
        Inspection identity
        Conformance state
        Nonconformance identity
        Process-data identity
        Corrective-action identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Quality Engineering

    Possible Intent
        Quality engineering definition
        Quality engineering ontology
        Quality control
        Quality assurance
        Statistical process control
        Process capability
        Inspection
        Metrology
        Nonconformance
        Corrective action

    Resolution
        Identify requirement and revision, quality characteristic,
        specification limits, measurement method, uncertainty, process
        variation, control state, conformance, nonconformance, cause,
        corrective action and supporting evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    Tolerance and measurement uncertainty must remain distinct.

    Control limits and specification limits must remain distinct.

    Process capability and individual product conformance must remain distinct.

    Inspection and quality assurance must remain distinct.

    Requirement and specification revisions must remain explicit.

    Measurement method and uncertainty must remain explicit.

    Sample and population evidence must remain distinguishable.

    Process stability must be assessed before capability interpretation where applicable.

    Corrective action and preventive action must remain distinguishable.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Measured Value x
    AND
        Lower Specification Limit LSL
    AND
        Upper Specification Limit USL
    THEN
        nominal_conformance_check_possible
            LSL <= x <= USL
        subject_to
            Measurement Decision Rule
            Measurement Uncertainty

    IF
        Process Mean mu
    AND
        Process Standard Deviation sigma
    AND
        Specification Limits LSL, USL
    THEN
        process_capability_indices_possible
            Cp = (USL - LSL)/(6*sigma)
            Cpk = min((USL - mu)/(3*sigma), (mu - LSL)/(3*sigma))
        subject_to
            Applicable Statistical Assumptions
            Stable Process

    IF
        Control-chart Point exceeds Control Limit
    THEN
        special_cause_signal_possible
            True
    BUT_NOT
        confirmed_root_cause

    IF
        Process is statistically stable
    THEN
        capability_analysis_more_interpretable
            True

    IF
        Product passes Inspection
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Process is Capable

    IF
        Process Capability is high
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Every Product conforms

    IF
        Corrective Action is implemented
    THEN
        effectiveness_verification_required
            True

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Requirement Relationship
        1.00

    Measurement Relationship
        1.00

    Conformance Relationship
        1.00

    Variation Relationship
        1.00

    Capability Relationship
        1.00

    ControlLimit-SpecificationLimit Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Customer or Engineering Need
        ->
    Quality Requirement

    Quality Requirement
        ->
    Specification

    Specification
        ->
    Quality Characteristic and Limits

    Process
        ->
    Product or Service Output

    Output
        ->
    Measurement and Inspection

    Measurement
        ->
    Conformance Assessment

    Repeated Process Data
        ->
    Variation Analysis

    Variation Analysis
        ->
    Statistical Process Control

    Stable Process
        ->
    Capability Analysis

    Nonconformance
        ->
    Cause Analysis
        ->
    Corrective Action
        ->
    Effectiveness Verification

RECURSIVE_QUALITY_ENGINEERING_LOOP
    Identify Quality Objective
        ->
    Define Requirement
        ->
    Confirm Requirement Revision
        ->
    Define Quality Characteristics
        ->
    Define Specification Limits
        ->
    Select Measurement Method
        ->
    Evaluate Measurement System
        ->
    Estimate Measurement Uncertainty
        ->
    Define Sampling Plan
        ->
    Collect Measurements
        ->
    Assess Conformance
        ->
    Monitor Process Variation
        ->
    Construct Control Charts if Applicable
        ->
    Detect Special-cause Signals
        ->
    Evaluate Process Stability
        ->
    Calculate Capability if Appropriate
        ->
    Record Nonconformance
        ->
    Investigate Root Cause
        ->
    Define Corrective Action
        ->
    Implement Corrective Action
        ->
    Verify Effectiveness
        ->
    Standardise Improvement
        ->
    Update Quality State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Requirement
        Specification
        Characteristic
        Tolerance
        Measurement
        Uncertainty
        Sample
        Inspection
        Conformance
        Process Data
        Control Chart
        Capability
        Nonconformance
        Cause
        Corrective Action

    OBSERVE
        Detect quality-engineering entities.

    EXTRACT
        Requirement
        Characteristic
        Limit
        Measurement
        Sample
        Process
        Variation
        Control
        Capability
        Nonconformance
        Cause
        Action

    CLASSIFY
        Product Quality
        Process Quality
        Supplier Quality
        Manufacturing Quality
        Service Quality
        Measurement Quality
        Statistical Quality Control
        Quality Assurance

    VALIDATE
        Check requirement revision, specification, measurement method, uncertainty and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported quality-state representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate conformance, variation, stability, capability and nonconformance.

    VERIFY
        Compare evidence with requirements and verify corrective-action effectiveness.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated quality evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Traceable measurement system
        measurement_confidence += high

    Current requirement revision
        conformance_confidence += high

    Stable process evidence
        capability_confidence += high

    Unknown measurement uncertainty
        conformance_confidence -= high

    Unknown process stability
        capability_confidence -= high

    Small or biased sample
        population_inference_confidence -= high

    Inspection pass
        does_not_establish
            Process Capability

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Quality Engineering
        connects_to
            Industrial Engineering
            Manufacturing Engineering
            Production Engineering
            Measurement Science
            Metrology
            Statistics
            Probability
            Statistical Process Control
            Operations Research
            Reliability Engineering
            Maintenance Engineering
            Systems Engineering
            Supplier Quality
            Root-cause Analysis
            Continuous Improvement
            Safety Engineering

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Product identity
        Product revision
        Process identity
        Process version
        Requirement identity
        Requirement revision
        Specification identity
        Specification revision
        Characteristic identity
        Characteristic type
        Nominal value
        Tolerance identity
        Lower specification limit
        Upper specification limit
        Control-limit identity
        Lower control limit
        Upper control limit
        Measurement identity
        Measurement value
        Measurement units
        Measurement-method identity
        Measurement-system identity
        Calibration state
        Measurement uncertainty
        Sample identity
        Sample size
        Sampling-plan identity
        Inspection identity
        Conformance state
        Nonconformance identity
        Defect identity
        Process-data identity
        Process mean
        Process variation
        Process standard deviation
        Process-stability state
        Control-chart identity
        Capability-study identity
        Cp
        Cpk
        Root-cause identity
        Corrective-action identity
        Preventive-action identity
        Effectiveness-verification identity
        Improvement identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New requirement, specification, measurement, sample, process,
        control-chart, capability, nonconformance, cause or corrective-action evidence.

    Compare
        Existing quality-engineering state.

    Detect
        Requirement Change
        Specification Change
        Measurement-system Change
        Process Change
        Variation Change
        Control-state Change
        Conformance Change
        Capability Change
        Nonconformance Change
        Cause Change
        Corrective-action Change

    Validate
        Product identity
        Process identity
        Requirement revision
        Specification revision
        Measurement method
        Calibration
        Measurement uncertainty
        Sampling plan
        Statistical basis
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported quality update.

    Recalculate
        Conformance state
        Process-stability state
        Control-chart state
        Capability state
        Nonconformance state
        Corrective-action effectiveness
        Confidence

    Return
        Updated quality-engineering state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Tolerance and measurement uncertainty remain distinct.
        Control and specification limits remain distinct.
        Capability and individual conformance remain distinct.
        Inspection and quality assurance remain distinct.
        Requirement and specification revisions are explicit.
        Measurement method and uncertainty are explicit.
        Sample and population evidence remain distinct.
        Stability precedes capability interpretation where applicable.
        Corrective and preventive actions remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported requirement-specification-measurement-variation-conformance-improvement paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Quality Engineering Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    Requirement, Revision and Specification Mapping
        ->
    Characteristic, Nominal and Tolerance Mapping
        ->
    Measurement-system, Calibration and Uncertainty Mapping
        ->
    Sampling, Inspection and Conformance Mapping
        ->
    Process-variation, Control-chart and Stability Mapping
        ->
    Capability, Nonconformance and Root-cause Mapping
        ->
    Corrective-action, Verification, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Quality Engineering

    Parent
        Industrial Engineering

    Type
        Engineering of requirements, measurement, conformance, variation control and continuous improvement

    Core Components
        Quality Requirement
        Specification
        Quality Characteristic
        Nominal Value
        Tolerance
        Lower Specification Limit
        Upper Specification Limit
        Measurement
        Measurement Method
        Measurement System
        Calibration
        Measurement Uncertainty
        Sampling Plan
        Sample
        Inspection
        Conformance
        Nonconformance
        Defect
        Process Variation
        Common-cause Variation
        Special-cause Variation
        Statistical Process Control
        SPC
        Control Chart
        Lower Control Limit
        Upper Control Limit
        Process Stability
        Process Capability
        Cp
        Cpk
        Acceptance Sampling
        Root Cause
        Corrective Action
        Preventive Action
        CAPA
        Effectiveness Verification
        Continuous Improvement
        Quality Assurance
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Quality-engineering reasoning must distinguish tolerances from
        measurement uncertainty, control limits from specification limits,
        process capability from individual product conformance and
        inspection from quality assurance. Requirement revisions,
        measurement systems, calibration, sampling, process stability,
        statistical assumptions, corrective-action effectiveness and
        provenance must remain explicit.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Quality Engineering defines and measures requirements, controls process
    variation and improves products and processes using inspection,
    metrology, statistical process control, capability analysis and
    corrective action. Reliable reasoning preserves requirement and
    specification revisions, measurement uncertainty, sampling context and
    process stability while distinguishing control limits from
    specification limits and process capability from individual product
    conformance.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org