An Introduction to Description Logic Contributor(s): Baader, Franz (Author), Horrocks, Ian (Author), Lutz, Carsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521873614 ISBN-13: 9780521873611 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $86.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Databases - General |
Dewey: 006.332 |
LCCN: 2017300042 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.29" W x 9.45" (1.09 lbs) 262 pages |
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Publisher Description: Description logics (DLs) have a long tradition in computer science and knowledge representation, being designed so that domain knowledge can be described and so that computers can reason about this knowledge. DLs have recently gained increased importance since they form the logical basis of widely used ontology languages, in particular the web ontology language OWL. Written by four renowned experts, this is the first textbook on description logics. It is suitable for self-study by graduates and as the basis for a university course. Starting from a basic DL, the book introduces the reader to their syntax, semantics, reasoning problems and model theory and discusses the computational complexity of these reasoning problems and algorithms to solve them. It then explores a variety of reasoning techniques, knowledge-based applications and tools and it describes the relationship between DLs and OWL. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horrocks, Ian: - Ian Horrocks is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.Baader, Franz: - Franz Baader is a professor in the Institute of Theoretical Computer Science at Technische Universität, Dresden.Lutz, Carsten: - Carsten Lutz is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Universität Bremen. |