Formal Ontology in Information Systems (Hardcover)

Research on ontology is becoming increasingly widespread in the computer science community. While this term has been rather confined to the philosophical sphere in the past, it is now gaining a specific role in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, and Databases. Its importance has been recognized in fields as diverse as knowledge engineering, knowledge representation, qualitative modeling, language engineering, database design, information integration, object-oriented analysis, information retrieval and extraction, knowledge management and organization, agent-based systems design. Current applications areas are disparate, including enterprise integration, natural language translation, medicine, mechanical engineering, electronic commerce, geographic information systems, legal information systems, and biological information systems. Various workshops addressing the engineering aspects of ontology have been held in the recent years. However, ontology by 'its very nature' ought to be a unifying discipline. Insights in this field have potential impact on the whole area of information systems (taking this term in its broadest sense), as testified by the interest recently shown by international standards organizations. In order to provide a solid general foundation for this work, it is therefore important to focus on the common scientific principles and open problems arising from current tools, methodologies, and applications of ontology.

General

Imprint:	IOS Press,US
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol 46
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	N. Guarino
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Laminated cover
Pages:	348
ISBN-13:	978-90-5199-399-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General Promotions
LSN:	90-5199-399-4
Barcode:	9789051993998

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