Abstract. In this paper a semantic approach for the specification and the management of databases with evolving schemata is introduced. It is shown how a general object-oriented m...
In his well-known paper \How computer should think" ( Be77b]) Belnap argues that four-valued semantics is a very suitable setting for computerized reasoning. In this paper we...
We develop a formal framework for modular ontologies by analysing four notions of conservative extensions and their applications in refining, re-using, merging, and segmenting ont...
Roman Kontchakov, Frank Wolter, Michael Zakharyasc...
A new approach to representing qualitative spatial knowledge and to spatial reasoning is presented. This approach is motivated by cognitive considerations and is based on relative ...
In this paper I argue that we do not understand the process of default reasoning. A number of examples are given which serve to distinguish di erent default reasoning systems. It ...