An Introduction to Description Logic by Ian Horrocks

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Description logics are knowledge representation formalisms that are highly relevant in computer science, knowledge representation and the semantic web. This is the first introductory textbook published on the subject, suitable for self-study by graduate students and as teaching material for university courses.

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An Introduction to Description Logic by Ian Horrocks

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.
Franz Baader is a professor in the Institute of Theoretical Computer Science at Technische Universität, Dresden. Ian Horrocks is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. Carsten Lutz is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Universität Bremen. Uli Sattler is a professor in the Information Management Group within the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester.
SKU CIN0521873614G
ISBN 13 9780521873611
ISBN 10 0521873614
Title An Introduction to Description Logic
Author Ian Horrocks
Condition Good
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2017-04-20
Number of pages 262
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