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Fuzzy Computational Ontologies in Contexts

Formal Models of Knowledge Representation with Membership Degree and Typicality of Objects, and Their Applications

  • First attempt to incorporate object membership and typicality in computational ontologies
  • Application in recommender systems
  • Multiple illustrating examples

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 1-13
  3. Knowledge Representation on the Web

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 15-21
  4. Concepts and Categorization from a Psychological Perspective

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 23-35
  5. Modeling Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 37-47
  6. Fuzzy Ontology: A First Formal Model

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 49-68
  7. A More General Ontology Model with Object Membership and Typicality

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 69-101
  8. Context-aware Object Typicality Measurement in Fuzzy Ontology

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 103-119
  9. Object Membership with Property Importance and Property Priority

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 121-141
  10. Applications

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 143-191
  11. Conclusions and Future Work

    • Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung
    Pages 193-197
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-202

About this book

Knowledge Representation plays an essential role in Semantic Web, in particular in automated information processing and communications among software agents.  This book, entitled "Fuzzy Computational Ontologies in Contexts: Formal Models of Knowledge Representation with Membership Degree and Typicality, and Their Applications", discusses knowledge representation in Semantic Web.  It introduces the relevant background knowledge, models of fuzzy ontologies, importance and priority of properties in concepts, and object typicality in fuzzy ontologies and context-aware ontologies.

The book is intended for graduate students, engineers, and researchers in the field of artificial intelligence and computer science.

Yi Cai is an Assistant Professor in School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. Ching-man Au Yeung is a Senior Engineer in Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Hong Kong, China. Ho-fung Leung is a Professor and the Chairman of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Yi Cai

  • Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Hong Kong, China

    Ching-man Au Yeung

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Ho-fung Leung

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fuzzy Computational Ontologies in Contexts

  • Book Subtitle: Formal Models of Knowledge Representation with Membership Degree and Typicality of Objects, and Their Applications

  • Authors: Yi Cai, Ching-man Au Yeung, Ho-fung Leung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25456-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Higher Education Press, Beijing and Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25456-7Published: 07 April 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 202

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Higher Education Press.

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

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eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.00
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