Abstract. In this paper a semantic approach for the specification and the management of databases with evolving schemata is introduced. It is shown how a general object-oriented m...
The notion of assumption-based framework generalises and re nes the use of abduction to give a formalisation of non-monotonic reasoning. In this framework, a sentence is a non-mon...
Andrei Bondarenko, Francesca Toni, Robert A. Kowal...
This paper describes the design, implementation, and testing of a system for selecting necessary axioms from a large set also containing superfluous axioms, to obtain a proof of a...
Abstract. We introduce a framework, based on logic programming, for preferential reasoning with agents on the Semantic Web. Initially, we encode the knowledge of an agent as a logi...
Stijn Heymans, Davy Van Nieuwenborgh, Dirk Vermeir
Abstract. The Service Oriented Architecture paradigm, and its implementation based on Web Services, have been the object of an intense research and standardization activity. One of...
Federico Chesani, Paola Mello, Marco Montali, Paol...