When merging data from various sources, it is often the case that small variations in data format and interpretation cause traditional functional dependencies (FDs) to be violated,...
Nick Koudas, Avishek Saha, Divesh Srivastava, Sure...
We introduce a novel semantic representation formalism, Almost Flat Functional semantics (AFF), which is designed as an intelligent compromise between linguistically motivated pre...
Manny Rayner, Pierrette Bouillon, Beth Ann Hockey,...
This paper presents a practical application of context for the evaluation of semantic similarity. The work is based on a new model for the assessment of semantic similarity among ...
An ontology of observation and measurement is proposed, which models the relevant information processes independently of sensor technology. It is kept at a sufficiently general lev...
In natural language processing, ambiguity resolution is a central issue, and can be regarded as a preference assignment problem. In this paper, a Generalized Probabilistic Semanti...