A Knowledge Discovery Process Model Based on Reverse Engineering

Nowadays, the knowledge-based economy is growing rapidly. To sustain future growth, more and more well-educated people in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are needed. But the situations of Chinese engineering education are still severe. In order to solve these problems and train outstanding engineers, this study will analyze current technological background, propose educational ideas and counterplans of the problems solving, and summarize a knowledge discovery process model based on reverse engineering. This study proposes a hypothesis-testing algorithm and illustrates the application of this process mode by a reverse engineering practice case study. It will elaborate some ideas of applying educational data mining, knowledge discovery and data mining and 3D printer to support the knowledge discovery based on reverse engineering. Our study reveals that the knowledge discovery process model based on reverse engineering is an effective way to train outstanding engineers, with the support of contemporary available technology.