Ontology-Based Development of Smart Home Expert System

This paper dwells upon the development of a production-type expert system for smart homes. It proposes a smart home ontology to structure and conceptualize the knowledge. This ontology can be used to define the basic classes and relationships, to create objects and their characteristics related to this application. An expert-system knowledge base has been generated on the basis of the ontology, common scenarios, and various smart home control scenarios. The expert system is implemented in CLIPS, which is a popular open-source shell. Using an expert system can make a smart home even smarter for the comfort and safety of its dwellers.