Similarity search of industrial components models

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program having instructions for improving a similarity search of an industrial component model that when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method comprising:

• obtaining a set of industrial component models, each defining a respective industrial component and each having associated attributes and a similarity embedding that is an embedding of at least a portion of said associated attributes, each respective industrial component being at least one among a mechanical part and an electronic part;
• receiving a similarity request using a first industrial component model as an input, an output of said similarity request being a first subset of industrial component models selected from the set of industrial component models based on a comparison between similarity embeddings of the set of industrial component models and a first similarity embedding of the first industrial component model by applying similarity measurement, wherein the first subset of industrial component models includes industrial component models of the set of industrial component models with measured similarity above a given threshold and/or a fixed number of industrial component models of the set of industrial component models with the highest measured similarities;
• receiving a second subset of industrial component models selected by a user from said first subset of industrial component models based on an interchangeability criterion of the first industrial component model with any industrial component model of said second subset of industrial component models, the interchangeability criterion being satisfied if the industrial components respectively defined by the industrial component models of the second subset of industrial component models are interchangeable from a design standpoint with the industrial component defined by the first industrial component model;
• generating a unique hash code distinct from the first similarity embedding and based on said second subset of industrial component models;
• adding said unique hash code as a similarity data to the associated attributes of each industrial component model of said second subset of industrial component models;
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• updating the similarity embeddings of the industrial component models of the set of industrial component models based on said similarity data.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory, the memory having recorded thereon instructions for improving a similarity search of an industrial component model that when executed by the processor causes the processor to be configured to:
• obtain a set of industrial component models, each defining a respective industrial component and each having associated attributes and a similarity embedding that is an embedding of at least a portion of said associated attributes, each respective industrial component being at least one among a mechanical part and an electronic part;
• receive a similarity request using a first industrial component model as an input, an output of said similarity request being a first subset of industrial component models selected from the set of industrial component models based on a comparison between similarity embeddings of the set of industrial component models and a first similarity embedding of the first industrial component model by applying similarity measurement, wherein the first subset of industrial component models includes industrial component models of the set of industrial component models with measured similarity above a given threshold and/or a fixed number of industrial component models of the set of industrial component models with the highest measured similarities;
• receive a second subset of industrial component models selected by a user from said first subset of industrial component models based on an interchangeability criterion of the first industrial component model with any industrial component model of said second subset of industrial component models, the interchangeability criterion being satisfied if the industrial components respectively defined by the industrial component models of the second subset of industrial component models are interchangeable from a design standpoint with the industrial component defined by the first industrial component model;
• generate a unique hash code distinct from the first similarity embedding and based on said second subset of industrial component models;
• add said unique hash code as a similarity data to the associated attributes of each industrial component model of said second subset of industrial component models, and
• update the similarity embeddings of the industrial component models of the set of industrial component models based on said similarity data.