Non-Standard Inferences in Description Logics From Foundations and Definitions to Algorithms and Analysis /

• Main Author: Küsters, Ralf (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 2100
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Software engineering.; Mathematical logic.; Artificial Intelligence.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Description logics (DLs) are used to represent structured knowledge. Inference services testing consistency of knowledge bases and computing subconcept/superconcept hierarchies are the main feature of DL systems. Intensive research during the last fifteen years has led to highly optimized systems th...