Part-Whole Reasoning in an Object-Centered Framework

by Patrick Lambrix

Overview

In this book, the author develops an object-centered framework with specialized support of the part-of relation based on description logics. These logics are a family of object-centered knowledge representation languages tailored for describing knowledge about concepts and is-a hierarchies of these concepts. In addition to the representation and reasoning facilities provided by description logics for is-a, representation and reasoning facilities are introduced for part-of. Finally, the feasibility and the usefulness of the approach is demonstrated by applying the framework to various areas including domain modeling, agent-oriented scenarios, document management and retrieval, and composite concept learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540672258
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/30/2000
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #1771
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Background.- Description Logics.- Composite Objects.- Part-of in Description Logics.- Theory.- A Framework for Part-of Reasoning in Description Logics.- Extending the Framework.- Comparison of the Framework with Other Approaches.- Application Areas.- Domain Modeling in an Agent-Oriented Application.- Document Management.- Learning Composite Concepts.- Application.- Document Search Using Content, Structure and Properties.- Conclusion.- Conclusion.