Information integration and retrieval are useful tasks in many information systems. In these systems, it is far from an easy task to directly integrate information from natural lan...
Representing probabilistic knowledge in combination with a description logic has been a research topic for quite some time. In [1] one of such combinations is introduced. We presen...
In ordered logic programs, i.e. partially ordered sets of clauses where smaller rules carry more preference, inconsistencies, which appear as conflicts between applicable rules, a...
The development of the Semantic Web proceeds in layers. Currently the most advanced layer that has reached maturity is the ontology layer, in the form of the DAML+OIL language whic...
2. ODB-QOPTIMIZER : the tool ODB-QOPTIMIZERis a ODMG 93 compliant tool for the schema validation and semantic query optimization. The approach is based on two fundamental ingredien...