Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Susan Yester

James L Mitchell

Basil Alsayyed

Bing Li

Larry Bahm

Oleg Lukibanov

Bing Xu

A method and system for upfront analysis of at least one substance used in the design process of a vehicle. A vehicle ontology is created that is stored in a database. The vehicle ontology records all the substances used in the design of the vehicle along with all the attributes of the substances and the relations between the substances. All the standards for the substances and the attributes of the standards are recorded in a materials ontology. A knowledge base engine, e.g., the database, analyzes the materials ontology to determine whether a substance conforms to a standard, e.g., a recyclability requirement.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Susan Yester