Abstract
We present an extension to DL-based taxonomic reasoning by means of the proposedinference fusion, i.e. the dynamic combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoners. Our approach integrates results from a DL-based system with results from a constraint solver under the direction of a global reasoning coordinator.Inference fusion is performed by (i) processing heterogeneous input knowledge, producing suitable homogeneous input knowledge for each specialised reasoner; (ii) activating each reasoner when necessary, collecting its results and passing them to the other reasoner if appropriate; (iii) combining the results of the two reasoners. We discuss the benefits of our approach and demonstrate our ideas by proposing a language (DL(D)IS) and a reasoning system (Concor) which uses knowledge bases written in DL (D)/S and supports hybrid reasoning. We illustrate our ideas with an example.
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Hu, B., Arana, I., Compatangelo, E. (2003). Facilitating DL-based Hybrid Reasoning with Inference Fusion. In: Bramer, M., Preece, A., Coenen, F. (eds) Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XIX. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0651-7_7
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