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An algorithm for insertion into a lattice: Application to type classification

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The focus of this paper is on updates of a type hierarchy structured as a lattice. We propose below algorithms for inserting a new type into a specific lattice of types used in the knowledge base system MOSAICO [Mi87]. Such a structure is closely related to the concept of complete objects as defined in [Di88] and to the Concept Lattices studied in [Wi82].

This research was partially supported by a grant of the french PRC BD3 and was initiated while the author was on leave at IASI-CNR

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Witold Litwin Hans-Jörg Schek

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Missikoff, M., Scholl, M. (1989). An algorithm for insertion into a lattice: Application to type classification. In: Litwin, W., Schek, HJ. (eds) Foundations of Data Organization and Algorithms. FODO 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 367. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51295-0_119

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