Abstract. We present a method based on clustering techniques to detect concept drift or novelty in a knowledge base expressed in Description Logics. The method exploits an effectiv...
Abstract. In a previous paper, we have introduced an approach for extending both the terminological and the assertional part of a Description Logic knowledge base by using informat...
In description logics (DLs), concrete domains are used for defining concepts based on concrete qualities of their instances such as the weight, age, duration, and spatial extensio...
The interpretation of medical evidence is normally presented in terms of a controlled, but diversely expressed specialist vocabulary and natural language phrases. Such informally ...
Bo Hu, Srinandan Dasmahapatra, Paul H. Lewis, Nige...
Modularity is a key requirement for large ontologies in order to achieve re-use, maintainability, and evolution. Mechanisms for ‘normalisation’ to achieve analogous aims are s...