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Bridging gaps between subjective logic and semantic web

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Abstract

Subjective logic is a powerful probabilistic logic which is useful to handle data in case of uncertainty. Subjective logic and the Semantic Web can mutually benefit from each other, since subjective logic is useful to handle the inner noisiness of the Semantic Web data, while the Semantic Web offers a means to obtain evidence useful for performing evidential reasoning based on subjective logic. In this chapter we describe three extensions and applications of subjective logic in the Semantic Web, namely: the use of deterministic and probabilistic semantic similarity measures for weighing subjective opinions, a way for accounting for partial observations, and “open world opinion”, i.e. subjective opinions based on Dirichlet processes, which extend multinomial opinions. For each of these extensions, we provide examples and applications to prove their validity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web III - ISWC International Workshops, URSW 2011-2013, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsF. Bobillo , R.N. Carvalho, P.C.G. Costa, C. d'Amato, N. Fanizzi, K.B. Laskey, K.J. Laskey, T. Lukasiewicz, M. Nickles, M. Pool
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages242-264
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-13413-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-13412-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Semantic Web Conferences, ISWC in 2011, 2012, and 2013 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 21 Oct 201325 Oct 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume8816
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Semantic Web Conferences, ISWC in 2011, 2012, and 2013
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period21/10/1325/10/13

Keywords

  • Dirichlet process
  • Partial observations
  • Semantic similarity
  • Subjective logic

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