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Abstract Design rules for ships have become more extensive and detailed due to an increase in the sizes of ships. Several variables and equations used in the rules are complex, thereby impeding their review by reviewers due to their voluminosity. In addition, because these rules are constantly revised, professional investigators may miss these changes. To prevent such confusion, a shipping register, which approves ship drawings, constantly automates the search and review processes of the rules. Consequently, this study proposes a method for recognizing variables in documents to review the rules and build relationships between variables. Each component of a document must be accurately identified. The document containing these rules includes different components such as equations, figures, and strings. Because these rules are mainly converted to a portable document format (PDF) for compatibility, it is challenging to extract each component as raw data. This study used a public library to extract elements from the PDF and utilized the positional relationship between the elements to identify the variables. By applying the Levenshtein distance algorithm, which compares the differences between two strings, the document was partitioned following to the table of contents. Hence, the identified variables were indexed into sections of the table of content. Additionally, based on the indexed information, a data structure was proposed to show the equations, definition of variables, and relationships. This study applied it to common structural rules (CSR), which are widely used in the shipbuilding industry. The effectiveness of the proposed method was confirmed by achieving the F1-score = 0.93 in variable recognition and intuitively visualizing the relationship between the variables.
Publication Date 2022-11-16
Role Corresponding Author
Category SCIE
Impact Factor 6.167

Min-Chul Kong, Myung-Il Roh, Ki-Su Kim, Ho-Gyun Park, Jong-Oh Kim, "Variable Indexing Method in Rule Documents for Ship Design Using Extraction of PDF Elements", Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 2556-2573, 2022.11.16

https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwac123


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14 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, "Generation of the Production Material Information of a Building Block and Simulation of the Block Erection for Computer-Aided Process Planning and Scheduling in Shipbuilding", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 45, No. 20, pp. 4653-4683, 2007.10.01 file 2007-10-01
13 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, "Generation of the 3D CAD Model of the Hull Structure at the Initial Ship Design Stage and Its Application", Computers in Industry, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 539-557, 2007.08.01 file 2007-08-01
12 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, Woo-Young Choi, "Rapid Generation of the Piping Model Having the Relationship with a Hull Structure in Shipbuilding", Advances In Engineering Software, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 215-228, 2007.04.01 file 2007-04-01
11 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, Seong-Jin Yoo, "An Algorithm for Generating the Hull Structural Analysis Model Using the Seam Information of the Hull Structure at the Initial Design Stage", Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 24-33, 2006.12.01 file 2006-12-01
10 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, "An Initial Hull Structural Modeling System for Computer-Aided Process Planning in Shipbuilding", Advances In Engineering Software, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 457-476, 2006.07.01 file 2006-07-01
9 International Journal Myung-Il Roh, Kyu-Yeul Lee, "Development of a 3D CAD System for Modeling Hull Structure at the Initial Ship Design Stage", Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 135-151, 2006.04.01 file 2006-04-01
8 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Myung-Il Roh, Hyuk-Su Jeong, "An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Floor Facility Layout Problems Having Inner Structure Walls and Passages", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 879-899, 2005.04.01 file 2005-04-01
7 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Won-Joon Lee, Myung-Il Roh, "Development of a Semantic Product Modeling System for Initial Hull Structure in Shipbuilding", Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 211-223, 2004.06.01 file 2004-06-01
6 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Seong-Nam Han, Myung-Il Roh, "An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Facility Layout Problems Having Inner Structure Walls and Passages", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 117-138, 2003.01.01 file 2003-01-01
5 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Seonho Cho, Myung-Il Roh, "An Efficient Global-Local Hybrid Optimization Method Using Design Sensitivity Analysis", International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 300-317, 2002.07.01 file 2002-07-01
4 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Seong-Nam Han, Myung-Il Roh, "Optimal Compartment Layout Design for a Naval Ship Using an Improved Genetic Algorithm", Marine Technology and SNAME News, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 159-169, 2002.07.01 file 2002-07-01
3 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Myung-Il Roh, "An Efficient Genetic Algorithm Using Gradient Information for Ship Structural Design Optimization", Journal of Ship Technology Research, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 161-170, 2001.11.01 file 2001-11-01
2 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Myung-Il Roh, Seonho Cho, "Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Mechanical Systems Using Collaborative Optimization Approach", International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 353-368, 2001.11.01 file 2001-11-01
1 International Journal Kyu-Yeul Lee, Myung-Il Roh, "A Hybrid Optimization Method for Multidisciplinary Ship Design", Journal of Ship Technology Research, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 181-185, 2000.10.01 file 2000-10-01
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