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ASWC
2008
Springer
14 years 1 days ago
Scalable Distributed Ontology Reasoning Using DHT-Based Partitioning
Abstract. Ontology reasoning is an indispensable step to fully exploit the implicit semantics of Semantic Web data. The inherent distribution characteristic of the Semantic Web and...
Qiming Fang, Ying Zhao, Guangwen Yang, Weimin Zhen...
DLOG
2010
13 years 8 months ago
Optimizing Algebraic Tableau Reasoning for SHOQ: First Experimental Results
In this paper we outline an algebraic tableau algorithm for the DL SHOQ, which supports more informed reasoning due to the use of semantic partitioning and integer programming. We ...
Jocelyne Faddoul, Volker Haarslev
AIIA
2007
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Instance-Based Query Answering with Semantic Knowledge Bases
A procedure founded in instance-based learning is presented, for performing a form of analogical reasoning on knowledge bases expressed in a wide range of ontology languages. The p...
Nicola Fanizzi, Claudia d'Amato, Floriana Esposito
SEMWEB
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Query Answering for OWL-DL with Rules
Both OWL-DL and function-free Horn rules3 are decidable logics with interesting, yet orthogonal expressive power: from the rules perspective, OWL-DL is restricted to tree-like rule...
Boris Motik, Ulrike Sattler, Rudi Studer
AI
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
What makes propositional abduction tractable
Abduction is a fundamental form of nonmonotonic reasoning that aims at finding explanations for observed manifestations. This process underlies many applications, from car configu...
Gustav Nordh, Bruno Zanuttini