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Towards Ontological Blending

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Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications (AIMSA 2010)

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We propose ontological blending as a new method for ‘creatively’ combining ontologies.

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  1. SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, University of Bremen, Germany

    Joana Hois, Oliver Kutz, Till Mossakowski & John Bateman

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  1. Winston-Salem State University, 601 S. Martin Luther King Drive, NC 27110, Winston Salem, USA

    Darina Dicheva

  2. Institute of Information Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 29A Acad. Bonchev Str., 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Danail Dochev

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Hois, J., Kutz, O., Mossakowski, T., Bateman, J. (2010). Towards Ontological Blending. In: Dicheva, D., Dochev, D. (eds) Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications. AIMSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6304. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15431-7_28

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