Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.

We present a novel approach to probabilistic description logic programs for the Semantic Web in which disjunctive logic programs under the answer set semantics are tightly coupled with description logics and Bayesian probabilities. The approach has several nice features. In particular, it is a logic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calì, A, Lukasiewicz, T, Predoiu, L, Stuckenschmidt, H
Other Authors: Spaccapietra, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2009
_version_ 1826262709532884992
author Calì, A
Lukasiewicz, T
Predoiu, L
Stuckenschmidt, H
author2 Spaccapietra, S
author_facet Spaccapietra, S
Calì, A
Lukasiewicz, T
Predoiu, L
Stuckenschmidt, H
author_sort Calì, A
collection OXFORD
description We present a novel approach to probabilistic description logic programs for the Semantic Web in which disjunctive logic programs under the answer set semantics are tightly coupled with description logics and Bayesian probabilities. The approach has several nice features. In particular, it is a logic-based representation formalism that naturally fits into the landscape of Semantic Web languages. Tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs can especially be used for representing mappings between ontologies, which are a common way of approaching the semantic heterogeneity problem on the Semantic Web. In this application, they allow in particular for resolving inconsistencies and for merging mappings from different matchers based on the level of confidence assigned to different rules. Furthermore, tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs also provide a natural integration of ontologies, action languages, and Bayesian probabilities towards Web Services. We explore the computational aspects of consistency checking and query processing in tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs. We show that these problems are decidable and computable, respectively, and that they can be reduced to consistency checking and cautious/brave reasoning, respectively, in tightly coupled disjunctive description logic programs. Using these results, we also provide an anytime algorithm for tight query processing. Furthermore, we analyze the complexity of consistency checking and query processing in the new probabilistic description logic programs, and we present a special case of these problems with polynomial data complexity. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T19:40:22Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:20738add-761e-47b4-8ffe-561115c61d73
institution University of Oxford
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T19:40:22Z
publishDate 2009
publisher Springer
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:20738add-761e-47b4-8ffe-561115c61d732022-03-26T11:27:45ZTightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:20738add-761e-47b4-8ffe-561115c61d73EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer2009Calì, ALukasiewicz, TPredoiu, LStuckenschmidt, HSpaccapietra, SWe present a novel approach to probabilistic description logic programs for the Semantic Web in which disjunctive logic programs under the answer set semantics are tightly coupled with description logics and Bayesian probabilities. The approach has several nice features. In particular, it is a logic-based representation formalism that naturally fits into the landscape of Semantic Web languages. Tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs can especially be used for representing mappings between ontologies, which are a common way of approaching the semantic heterogeneity problem on the Semantic Web. In this application, they allow in particular for resolving inconsistencies and for merging mappings from different matchers based on the level of confidence assigned to different rules. Furthermore, tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs also provide a natural integration of ontologies, action languages, and Bayesian probabilities towards Web Services. We explore the computational aspects of consistency checking and query processing in tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs. We show that these problems are decidable and computable, respectively, and that they can be reduced to consistency checking and cautious/brave reasoning, respectively, in tightly coupled disjunctive description logic programs. Using these results, we also provide an anytime algorithm for tight query processing. Furthermore, we analyze the complexity of consistency checking and query processing in the new probabilistic description logic programs, and we present a special case of these problems with polynomial data complexity. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
spellingShingle Calì, A
Lukasiewicz, T
Predoiu, L
Stuckenschmidt, H
Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title_full Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title_fullStr Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title_full_unstemmed Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title_short Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logic Programs for the Semantic Web.
title_sort tightly coupled probabilistic description logic programs for the semantic web
work_keys_str_mv AT calia tightlycoupledprobabilisticdescriptionlogicprogramsforthesemanticweb
AT lukasiewiczt tightlycoupledprobabilisticdescriptionlogicprogramsforthesemanticweb
AT predoiul tightlycoupledprobabilisticdescriptionlogicprogramsforthesemanticweb
AT stuckenschmidth tightlycoupledprobabilisticdescriptionlogicprogramsforthesemanticweb