Ontologies for Agents: Theory and Experiences by Valentina Tamma (English) Paper

Description: Ontologies for Agents: Theory and Experiences by Valentina Tamma, Stephen Cranefield, Timothy W. Finin, Steven Willmott On the other hand, ontologies have established themselves as a powerful tool to enable kno- edge sharing, and a growing number of applications have bene?ted from the use of ontologies as a means to achieve semantic interoperability among heterogeneous, distributed systems. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The volume aims at providing a comprehensive review of the diverse efforts covering the gap existing between the two main perspectives on the topic of ontologies for multi-agent systems. On the one hand, there is the knowledge modelling perspective; i.e. how ontologies should be modelled and represented in order to be effectively used in agent systems. On the other hand, there is the agent perspective; what kind of capabilities should be exhibited by an agent in order to make use of ontological knowledge and to perform efficient reasoning with it. Theory and experiences are emphasized as the volume collects the most significant papers of the AAMAS 2002 and AAMAS 2003 workshop on ontologies for agent systems, and the EKAW 2002 workshop on ontologies for multi-agent systems. Notes The area of ontologies for agents is novel and despite its relevance for e-commerce and semantic web applications, there are presently few resources addressing this areaThe book provides an overview of the main theoretical problems as well as real applications translating theory into practiceThe book aims to bridge the gap between the agent and the ontology community Table of Contents Ontologies for Interaction Protocols.- On the Impact of Ontological Commitment.- Agent to Agent Talk: "Nobody There?" Supporting Agents Linguistic Communication.- Ontology Translation by Ontology Merging and Automated Reasoning.- Collaborative Understanding of Distributed Ontologies in a Multiagent Framework: Experiments on Operational Issues.- Reconciling Implicit and Evolving Ontologies for Semantic Interoperability.- Query Processing in Ontology-Based Peer-to-Peer Systems.- Message Content Ontologies.- Incorporating Complex Mathematical Relations in Web-Portable Domain Ontologies.- The SOUPA Ontology for Pervasive Computing.- A UML Ontology and Derived Content Language for a Travel Booking Scenario.- Some Experiences with the Use of Ontologies in Deliberative Agents.- Location-Mediated Agent Coordination in Ubiquitous Computing.- An Ontology for Agent-Based Monitoring of Fulfillment Processes. Long Description There is a growing interest in the use of ontologies for multi-agent system app- cations. On the one hand, the agent paradigm is successfully employed in those applications where autonomous, loosely-coupled, heterogeneous, and distributed systems need to interoperate in order to achieve a common goal. On the other hand, ontologies have established themselves as a powerful tool to enable kno- edge sharing, and a growing number of applications have beneted from the use of ontologies as a means to achieve semantic interoperability among heterogeneous, distributed systems. In principle ontologies and agents are a match made in heaven, that has failed to happen. What makes a simple piece of software an agent is its ability to communicate in a "social" environment, to make autonomous decisions, and to be proactive on behalf of its user. Communication ultimately depends on und- standing the goals, preferences, and constraints posed by the user. Autonomy is theabilitytoperformataskwithlittleornouserintervention,whileproactiveness involves acting autonomously with no need for user prompting. Communication, but also autonomy and proactiveness, depend on knowledge. The ability to c- municate depends on understanding the syntax (terms and structure) and the semantics of a language. Ontologies provide the terms used to describe a domain and the semantics associated with them. In addition, ontologies are often comp- mented by some logical rules that constrain the meaning assigned to the terms. These constraints are represented by inference rules that can be used by agents to perform the reasoning on which autonomy and proactiveness are based. Feature The area of ontologies for agents is novel and despite its relevance for e-commerce and semantic web applications, there are presently few resources addressing this area The book provides an overview of the main theoretical problems as well as real applications translating theory into practice The book aims to bridge the gap between the agent and the ontology community Details ISBN3764372370 Pages 345 Language English ISBN-10 3764372370 ISBN-13 9783764372378 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 006.3 Year 2005 Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AG Subtitle Theory and Experiences Place of Publication Basel Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Valentina Tamma Short Title ONTOLOGIES FOR AGENTS THEORY & DOI 10.1007/b104911;10.1007/978-3-7643-7361-0;10.1007/3-7643-7361-X Author Steven Willmott Publisher Birkhauser Verlag AG Edition Description 2005 ed. Series Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing Edition 2005th Publication Date 2005-05-19 Illustrations X, 345 p. Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96377489;

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