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Algebra of Ontology Modules for Semantic Agents

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Computational Collective Intelligence. Semantic Web, Social Networks and Multiagent Systems (ICCCI 2009)

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In the environment of Semantic Web the problem of precise manipulation of units of knowledge gains importance. In this paper we discuss a possibility of adoption for this purpose the flexible and powerful apparatus of relational algebra. We discuss similarities and differences between knowledge and data bases and their underlying information-processing models. On the basis of the discussion we draw and investigate a special analogy between these two important methods. We use this analogy to introduce the special algebra of ontological modules which may be used to exchange, align and merge the knowledge among agents.

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  1. Department of Software Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland

    Krzysztof Goczyła, Aleksander Waloszek & Wojciech Waloszek

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Str. Janiszweskiego 11/17, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

    Ngoc Thanh Nguyen

  2. Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, P.O. Box 218, 3122, Victoria, Australia

    Ryszard Kowalczyk

  3. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, G#43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd, 106, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Shyi-Ming Chen

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Goczyła, K., Waloszek, A., Waloszek, W. (2009). Algebra of Ontology Modules for Semantic Agents. In: Nguyen, N.T., Kowalczyk, R., Chen, SM. (eds) Computational Collective Intelligence. Semantic Web, Social Networks and Multiagent Systems. ICCCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5796. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04441-0_43

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