A Dualism Based Semantics Formalization Mechanism for Model Driven Engineering

2012 ◽  
pp. 211-230
Author(s):  
Yucong Duan
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Context Sensitivity ◽  
Software Implementation ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Closed World Assumption ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Open World Assumption ◽  
Measure Evaluation

Firstly this article presents a thorough discussion of semantics formalization related issues in model driven engineering (MDE). Then motivated for the purpose of software implementation, and attempts to overcome the shortcomings of incompleteness and context-sensitivity in the existing models, we propose to study formalization of semantics from a cognitive background. Issues under study cover the broad scope of overlap vs. incomplete vs. complete, closed world assumption (CWA) vs. open world assumption (OWA), Y(Yes)/N(No) vs. T(True)/F(False), subjective (SUBJ) vs. objective (OBJ), static vs. dynamic, unconsciousness vs. conscious, human vs. machine aspects, and so forth. A semantics formalization approach called EID-SCE (Existence Identification Dualism-Semantics Cosmos Explosion) is designed to meet both the theoretical investigation and implementation of the proposed formalization goals. EID-SCE supports the measure/evaluation in a {complete, no overlap} manner whether a given concept or feature is an improvement. Some elementary cases are also shown to demonstrate the feasibility of EID-SCE.

A Dualism Based Semantics Formalization Mechanism for Model Driven Engineering

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yucong Duan
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Context Sensitivity ◽  
Software Implementation ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Closed World Assumption ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Open World Assumption ◽  
Measure Evaluation

Firstly this article presents a thorough discussion of semantics formalization related issues in model driven engineering (MDE). Then motivated for the purpose of software implementation, and attempts to overcome the shortcomings of incompleteness and context-sensitivity in the existing models, we propose to study formalization of semantics from a cognitive background. Issues under study cover the broad scope of overlap vs. incomplete vs. complete, closed world assumption (CWA) vs. open world assumption (OWA), Y(Yes)/N(No) vs. T(True)/F(False), subjective (SUBJ) vs. objective (OBJ), static vs. dynamic, unconsciousness vs. conscious, human vs. machine aspects, and so forth. A semantics formalization approach called EID-SCE (Existence Identification Dualism-Semantics Cosmos Explosion) is designed to meet both the theoretical investigation and implementation of the proposed formalization goals. EID-SCE supports the measure/evaluation in a {complete, no overlap} manner whether a given concept or feature is an improvement. Some elementary cases are also shown to demonstrate the feasibility of EID-SCE.

scholarly journals Adapted Rules for UML Modelling of Geospatial Information for Model-Driven Implementation as OWL Ontologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jetlund ◽  
Onstein ◽  
Huang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Information ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Open World ◽  
Ontology Language ◽  
Data Files ◽  
Open World Assumption

This study aims to improve the implementation of models of geospatial information in Web Ontology Language (OWL). Large amounts of geospatial information are maintained in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based on models according to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and standards from ISO/TC 211 and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Sharing models and geospatial information in the Semantic Web will increase the usability and value of models and information, as well as enable linking with spatial and non-spatial information from other domains. Methods for conversion from UML to OWL for basic concepts used in models of geospatial information have been studied and evaluated. Primary conversion challenges have been identified with specific attention to whether adapted rules for UML modelling could contribute to improved conversions. Results indicated that restrictions related to abstract classes, unions, compositions and code lists in UML are challenging in the Open World Assumption (OWA) on which OWL is based. Two conversion challenges are addressed by adding more semantics to UML models: global properties and reuse of external concepts. The proposed solution is formalized in a UML profile supported by rules and recommendations and demonstrated with a UML model based on the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) standard ISO 14825 Geographic Data Files (GDF). The scope of the resulting ontology will determine to what degree the restrictions shall be maintained in OWL, and different conversion methods are needed for different scopes.

Using the Semantic Web Rule Language in the Development of Ontology-Driven Applications

2010 ◽  
pp. 525-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin O’Connor ◽  
Mark Musen ◽  
Amar Das
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Description Logic ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Description Logics ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
Open World Assumption ◽  
Formal Characteristic ◽  
Semantic Web Rule Language

The Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) is an expressive OWL-based rule language. SWRL allows users to write Horn-like rules that can be expressed in terms of OWL concepts to provide more powerful deductive reasoning capabilities than OWL alone. Semantically, SWRL is built on the same description logic foundation as OWL and provides similar strong formal guarantees when performing inference. Due to its description logics foundation, rule-based applications developed using SWRL have a number of relatively novel characteristics. For example, SWRL shares OWL’s open world assumption so certain types of rules that assume a closed world may be difficult or impossible to write in SWRL. In addition, all inference in SWRL is monotonic so deductions cannot be updated or retracted. These formal characteristic have a strong influence on the development and use of SWRL rules in ontology-driven applications. In this chapter, we describe the primary features of SWRL and outline how, despite some limitations, SWRL can be used to dramatically increase amount of knowledge that be represented in OWL ontologies.

Hybrid Knowledge Representation and Reasoning With Ontology and Rules for Product Engineering

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Do Noh ◽  
Hyo-Won Suh ◽  
Heejung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Description Logic ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Knowledge Representation And Reasoning ◽  
Rule Base ◽  
Building Product ◽  
Open World ◽  
Ontology Language ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Product Engineering ◽  
Open World Assumption

This paper proposes a framework for building product information model (PIM) and product rule model (PRM), and integrated reasoning based on Description Frame Logic (DFL) [1] for collaborative product engineering environments. Most of the previous research has focused either on building ontology for PIM or on building a rule base for PRM respectively, not on both of them. Some research on product engineering has tried to build both ontology language and rule-language. But, the research is/has been limited to using both languages in a homogeneous approach under open world assumption (OWA) such as Web Ontology Language (OWL)/Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL), which has some drawbacks to accommodate the requirements of enhanced expressivity for collaborative product engineering. We adopt Description Frame Logic (DFL) framework to integrate product semantics in PIM and engineering-specific knowledge in PRM based on description logic (DL) and logic programming (LP) under both open world assumption (OWA) and closed world assumption (CWA). This enables to secure seamless and interactive reasoning between PIM and PRM. We also include rule-expressions and constraint checking with DL for PIM while we include DL-expression in rules and LP’s non-logical features for PRM. This provides enhancement of expressiveness required for product engineering. Additionally, we show the benefits of the proposed framework with a case study.

A Paraconsistent Relational Data Model

2009 ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Navin Viswanath ◽  
Rajshekhar Sunderraman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Real World ◽  
Relational Databases ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Real ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
The World ◽  
Open World Assumption

Typically, relational databases operate under the Closed World Assumption (CWA) of Reiter (Reiter, 1987). The CWA is a meta-rule that says that given a knowledge base KB and a sentence P, if P is not a logical consequence of KB, assume ~P (the negation of P). Thus, we explicitly represent only positive facts in a knowledge base. A negative fact is implicit if its positive counterpart is not present. Under the CWA we presume that our knowledge about the world is complete i.e. there are no “gaps” in our knowledge of the real world. The Open World Assumption (OWA) is the opposite point of view. Here, we “admit” that our knowledge of the real world is incomplete. Thus we store everything we know about the world – positive and negative. Consider a database which simply contains the information “Tweety is a bird”. Assume that we want to ask this database the query “Does Tweety fly?”. Under the CWA, since we assume that there are no gaps in our knowledge, every query returns a yes/no answer. In this case we get the answer “no” because there is no information in the database stating that Tweety can fly. However, under the OWA, the answer to the query is “unknown”. i.e. the database does not know whether Tweety flies or not. We would obtain a “no” answer to this query under the OWA only if it was explicitly stated in the database that Tweety does not fly.

scholarly journals Enhancing Existential Rules by Closed-World Variables

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Amendola ◽  
Nicola Leone ◽  
Marco Manna ◽  
Pierfrancesco Veltri
Keyword(s):  
Computational Complexity ◽  
Query Answering ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Open World Assumption ◽  
Existential Quantification

Existential rules generalize Datalog with existential quantification in the head. Natively, Datalog is interpreted under a closed-world semantics, while existential rules typically employ the open-world assumption. The interpretation domain in the latter case is enlarged by infinitely many "anonymous" individuals. Then, in any rule, each variable ranges over all individuals, even if not needed or required. In this paper, we enhance existential rules by closed-world variables to consciously reason on the properties of "known" (non-anonymous) and arbitrary individuals in different ways. Accordingly, we uniformly generalize the basic classes of existential rules that ensure decidability of ontology-based query answering. For them, after observing that decidability is preserved, we prove that a strict increase in expressiveness is gained, and in most cases the computational complexity is not altered.

scholarly journals Closed- and Open-world Reasoning in DL-Lite for Cloud Infrastructure Security

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cauli ◽  
Magdalena Ortiz ◽  
Nir Piterman
Keyword(s):  
Description Logics ◽  
Conjunctive Query ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
First Order ◽  
Open World ◽  
Closed World ◽  
Security Properties ◽  
Open World Assumption ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Natural Description

Infrastructure in the cloud is deployed through configuration files, which specify the resources to be created, their settings, and their connectivity. We aim to model infrastructure before deployment and reason about it so that potential vulnerabilities can be discovered and security best practices enforced. Description logics are a good match for such modeling efforts and allow for a succinct and natural description of cloud infrastructure. Their open-world assumption allows capturing the distributed nature of the cloud, where a newly deployed infrastructure could connect to pre-existing resources not necessarily owned by the same user. However, parts of the infrastructure that are fully known need closed-world reasoning, calling for the usage of expressive formalisms, which increase the computational complexity of reasoning. Here, we suggest an extension of DL-LiteF that is tailored for capturing such cloud infrastructure. Our logic allows combining a core part that is completely defined (closed-world) and interacts with a partially known environment (open-world). We show that this extension preserves the first-order rewritability of DL-LiteF for knowledge-base satisfiability and conjunctive query answering. Security properties combine universal and existential reasoning about infrastructure. Thus, we also consider the problem of conjunctive query satisfiability and show that it can be solved in logarithmic space in data complexity.

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