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Ontology-based knowledge representation and semantic search information retrieval: case study of the underutilized crops domain
The aim of using semantic technologies in domain knowledge modeling is to introduce the semantic meaning of concepts in knowledge bases, such that they are both human-readable as well as machine-understandable. Due to their powerful knowledge representation formalism and associated inference mechanisms, ontology-based approaches have been increasingly adopted to formally represent domain knowledge. The primary objective of this thesis work has been to use semantic technologies in advancing knowledge-sharing of Underutilized crops as a domain and investigate the integration of underlying ontologies developed in OWL (Web Ontology Language) with augmented SWRL (Semantic Web Rule Language) rules for added expressiveness.
The work further investigated generating ontologies from existing data sources and proposed the reverse-engineering approach of generating domain specific conceptualization through competency questions posed from possible ontology users and domain experts. For utilization, a semantic search engine (the Onto-CropBase) has been developed to serve as a Web-based access point for the Underutilized crops ontology model. Relevant linked-data in Resource Description Framework Schema (RDFS) were added for comprehensiveness in generating federated queries.
While the OWL/SWRL combination offers a highly expressive ontology language for modeling knowledge domains, the combination is found to be lacking supplementary descriptive constructs to model complex real-life scenarios, a necessary requirement for a successful Semantic Web application. To this end, the common logic programming formalisms for extending Description Logic (DL)-based ontologies were explored and the state of the art in SWRL expressiveness extensions determined with a view to extending the SWRL formalism. Subsequently, a novel fuzzy temporal extension to the Semantic Web Rule Language (FT-SWRL), which combines SWRL with fuzzy logic theories based on the valid-time temporal model, has been proposed to allow modeling imprecise temporal expressions in domain ontologies
Fuzzy Networks for Modeling Shared Semantic Knowledge
Shared conceptualization, in the sense we take it here, is as recent a notion as the Semantic Web,
but its relevance for a large variety of fields requires efficient methods of extraction and
representation for both quantitative and qualitative data. This notion is particularly relevant for the
investigation into, and construction of, semantic structures such as knowledge bases and
taxonomies, but given the required large, often inaccurate, corpora available for search we can get
only approximations. We see fuzzy description logic as an adequate medium for the representation
of human semantic knowledge and propose a means to couple it with fuzzy semantic networks via
the propositional Łukasiewicz fuzzy logic such that these suffice for decidability for queries over a
semantic-knowledge base such as “to what degree of sharedness does it entail the instantiation
C(a) for some concept C” or “what are the roles R that connect the individuals a and b to degree of
sharedness ε.
Ranking Services Using Fuzzy HEX Programs
Abstract. The need to reason with knowledge expressed in both Logic Program-ming (LP) and Description Logics (DLs) paradigms on the Semantic Web lead to several integrating formalisms, e.g., Description Logic programs (dl-programs) allow a logic program to retrieve results from and feed results to a DL knowledge base. Two functional extensions of dl-programs are HEX programs and fuzzy dl-programs. The former abstract away from DLs, allowing for general exter-nal queries, the latter deal with the uncertain, vague, and inconsistent nature of knowledge on the Web by means of fuzzy logic mechanisms. In this paper, we generalize both HEX programs and fuzzy dl-programs to fuzzy HEX programs: a LP-based paradigm, supporting both fuzziness as well as reasoning with exter-nal sources. We define basic syntax and semantics and analyze the framework semantically, e.g., by investigating the complexity. Additionally, we provide a translation from fuzzy HEX programs to HEX programs, enabling an implementa-tion via the dlvhex reasoner. Finally, we illustrate the use of fuzzy HEX programs for ranking services by using them to model non-functional properties of services and user preferences.
Ontology-based knowledge representation and semantic search information retrieval: case study of the underutilized crops domain
The aim of using semantic technologies in domain knowledge modeling is to introduce the semantic meaning of concepts in knowledge bases, such that they are both human-readable as well as machine-understandable. Due to their powerful knowledge representation formalism and associated inference mechanisms, ontology-based approaches have been increasingly adopted to formally represent domain knowledge. The primary objective of this thesis work has been to use semantic technologies in advancing knowledge-sharing of Underutilized crops as a domain and investigate the integration of underlying ontologies developed in OWL (Web Ontology Language) with augmented SWRL (Semantic Web Rule Language) rules for added expressiveness.
The work further investigated generating ontologies from existing data sources and proposed the reverse-engineering approach of generating domain specific conceptualization through competency questions posed from possible ontology users and domain experts. For utilization, a semantic search engine (the Onto-CropBase) has been developed to serve as a Web-based access point for the Underutilized crops ontology model. Relevant linked-data in Resource Description Framework Schema (RDFS) were added for comprehensiveness in generating federated queries.
While the OWL/SWRL combination offers a highly expressive ontology language for modeling knowledge domains, the combination is found to be lacking supplementary descriptive constructs to model complex real-life scenarios, a necessary requirement for a successful Semantic Web application. To this end, the common logic programming formalisms for extending Description Logic (DL)-based ontologies were explored and the state of the art in SWRL expressiveness extensions determined with a view to extending the SWRL formalism. Subsequently, a novel fuzzy temporal extension to the Semantic Web Rule Language (FT-SWRL), which combines SWRL with fuzzy logic theories based on the valid-time temporal model, has been proposed to allow modeling imprecise temporal expressions in domain ontologies
On the similarity relation within fuzzy ontology components
Ontology reuse is an important research issue. Ontology
merging, integration, mapping, alignment and versioning
are some of its subprocesses. A considerable research work has
been conducted on them. One common issue to these subprocesses
is the problem of defining similarity relations among ontologies
components. Crisp ontologies become less suitable in all domains
in which the concepts to be represented have vague, uncertain
and imprecise definitions. Fuzzy ontologies are developed to
cope with these aspects. They are equally concerned with the
problem of ontology reuse. Defining similarity relations within
fuzzy context may be realized basing on the linguistic similarity
among ontologies components or may be deduced from their
intentional definitions. The latter approach needs to be dealt
with differently in crisp and fuzzy ontologies. This is the scope
of this paper.ou
Using fuzzy logic to handle the semantic descriptions of music in a content-based retrieval system
This paper explores the potential use of fuzzy logic for semantic music recommendation. We show that a set of affective/emotive, structural and kinaesthetic descriptors can be used to formulate a query which allows the retrieval of intended music. A semantic music recommendation system was built, based on an elaborate study of potential users and an analysis of the semantic descriptors that best characterize the user’s understanding of music. Significant relationships between expressive and structural semantic descriptions of music were found. Fuzzy logic was then applied to handle the
quality ratings associated with the semantic descriptions. A working semantic music recommendation system was tested and evaluated. Real-world testing revealed high user satisfaction
Using fuzzy logic to handle the users' semantic descriptions in a music retrieval system
This paper provides an investigation of the potential application of fuzzy logic to semantic music recommendation. We show that a set of affective/emotive, structural and kinaesthetic descriptors can be used to formulate a query which allows the retrieval of intended music. A semantic music recommendation system was built, based on an elaborate study of potential users of music information retrieval systems. In this study analysis was made of the descriptors that best characterize the user's understanding of music. Significant relationships between expressive and structural descriptions of music were found. A straightforward fuzzy logic methodology was then applied to handle the quality ratings associated with the descriptions. Rigorous real-world testing of the semantic music recommendation system revealed high user satisfaction
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