The goal of this article is to formalize Object Role Modeling (ORM) using the DLR description logic. This would enable automated reasoning on the formal properties of ORM diagrams,...
The relationship between constraint-based mining and constraint programming is explored by showing how the typical constraints used in pattern mining can be formulated for use in ...
Although presented with a variety of ‘flavours’, the notion of an interactor, as an abstract characterisation of an interactive component, is well-known in the area of formal ...
As the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is about to emerge as a new standard for databases, the problem of providing solid logical grounds for XML query languages arises. For the ...
In order to capture the full fledge semantic of complicated product data model, the expressive language ALCNHR+ K(D) is introduced. It cannot only be able to represent knowledge a...