In this paper we propose a framework for decentralized model-based diagnosis of complex systems modeled with qualitative constraints and whose models are distributed among their s...
This paper describes the Region Occlusion Calculus (ROC-20), that can be used to model spatial occlusion and the effects of motion parallax of arbitrary shaped objects. ROC-20 ass...
We address here the treatment of metonymic expressions from a knowledge representation perspective, that is, in the context of a text understanding system which aims to build a co...
Jacques Bouaud, Bruno Bachimont, Pierre Zweigenbau...
This paper explores the applicability of two formal models of spatial relations, Double Cross and RfDL3-12, to interpret some typical expressions that people use for describing a r...
Over the years, the notion of concept relatedness has attracted considerable attention. A variety of approaches, based on ontology structure, information content, association, or ...
Dolf Trieschnigg, Edgar Meij, Maarten de Rijke, We...