In this paper we introduce POLAR, a probabilistic objectoriented logical framework for annotation-based information retrieval. In POLAR, the knowledge about digital objects, annot...
The semantics of class-based languages can be defined in terms of objects only [8, 7, 1] if classes are viewed as objects with a constructor method. One obtains a store in which m...
Though overriding as a single and default mode of inheritance is adequate for most knowledge bases, a large class of applications naturally requires several inheritance modes and ...
Expressive Description Logics (DLs) have been advocated as formalisms for modeling the domain of interest in various application areas. An important requirement is the ability to ...
Computing with failures is a typical programming technique in functional logic programs. However, there are also situations where a program should not fail (e.g., in a determinist...