Towards an Ontology-Based Spatial Clustering Framework

Spatial clustering is an important topic in knowledge discovery research. However, most clustering methods do not consider semantic information during the clustering process. In this paper, we present ONTO_CLUST, a framework for ontology-based spatial clustering. Using the framework, spatial clustering can be conducted with the support of a spatial clustering ontology. As an illustration, the framework is applied to the problem of clustering Canadian population data.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: AI
• Authors: Xin Wang, Howard J. Hamilton
• Keywords: AI 2005, Artificial Intelligence, Ontology-based Spatial Clustering, Spatial Clustering, Spatial Clustering Ontology