Development of a dress design knowledge base (DDKB) based on sensory evaluation and fuzzy logic
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
ISSN: 0955-6222
Article publication date: 2 July 2020
Issue publication date: 4 February 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a dress design knowledge base (DDKB), which is expected to be further applied to a personalized dress recommendation system.
Design/methodology/approach
Dress design knowledge can be expressed as the relationship between designer's fashion perceptions of different dress elements. In order to extract dress design knowledge, a dress shape ontology (DSO) is firstly developed, which can be further used to form a dress element matrix (DEM). A perceptual descriptive space of the dress (DPDS) is developed for the description of the designer's fashion perception of dress. Through a standard sensory evaluation procedure performed by experienced experts (designers), the expected relationship can be obtained. This relationship is then mathematically simulated by fuzzy logic tools for the expected DDKB.
Findings
In this paper, a DDKB has been developed. The established knowledge base has been validated, and it can be further applied to dress recommendation system for a specific consumer.
Originality/value
This study introduces the concept of knowledge base to the area of dress individualized design. The knowledge-based design process based on sensory evaluation and fuzzy logic can efficiently solve the individualization of dress design in traditional design processes, which can provide a novel way to dress design individualization.
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Acknowledgements
Research Funding: This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 61906129), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Number: 2019M661929), Jiangsu Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Number 2019Z285) and Youth Fund Project of Anhui Polytechnic University (2016YQ16).
Citation
Ling, X., Hong, Y. and Pan, Z. (2021), "Development of a dress design knowledge base (DDKB) based on sensory evaluation and fuzzy logic", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-02-2020-0016
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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