The Description Logic Handbook: Theory, Implementation and Applications

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 5/20/2010
EAN 9780521150118, ISBN10: 0521150116

Paperback, 622 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 3.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Description logics are embodied in several knowledge-based systems and are used to develop various real-life applications. Now in paperback, The Description Logic Handbook provides a thorough account of the subject, covering all aspects of research in this field, namely: theory, implementation, and applications. Its appeal will be broad, ranging from more theoretically oriented readers, to those with more practically oriented interests who need a sound and modern understanding of knowledge representation systems based on description logics. As well as general revision throughout the book, this new edition presents a new chapter on ontology languages for the semantic web, an area of great importance for the future development of the web. In sum, the book will serve as a unique resource for the subject, and can also be used for self-study or as a reference for knowledge representation and artificial intelligence courses.

1. An introduction to description logics D. Nardi and R. J. Brachman
Part I. Theory
2. Basic description logics F. Baader and W. Nutt
3. Complexity of reasoning F. M. Donini
4. Relationships with other formalisms U. Sattler, D. Calvanese and R. Molitor
5. Expressive description logics D. Calvanese and G. De Giacomo
6. Extensions to description logics F. Baader, R. Küsters and F. Wolter
Part II. Implementation
7. From description logic provers to knowledge representation systems D. L. McGuinness and P. F. Patel-Schneider
8. Description logics systems R. Möller and V. Haarslev
9. Implementation and optimisation techniques I. Horrocks
Part III. Applications
10. Conceptual modeling with description logics A. Borgida and R. J. Brachman
11. Software engineering C. Welty
12. Configuration D. L. McGuinness
13. Medical informatics A. Rector
14. Ontology languages for the semantic web I. Horrocks, P. F. Patel-Schneider, D. L. McGuinness and C. Welty
15. Natural language processing E. Franconi
16. Description logics for data bases A. Borgida, M. Lenzerini and R. Rosati
Appendix. Description logic terminology F. Baader
Bibliography.

'… well written and has a good structure … It provides an excellent overview on the subject and shows the various aspects of description logic in their respective contexts with many pointers for further reading.' Thomas Studer, Zentralblatt MATH