Title :
Ontology Integration Equality and Strong Bisimulation
Author :
Ji Shu-bin ; Zhang Yin-fa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Xi´an Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Xi´an, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we show that strong bisimulation can be used to resolve ontology integration equality. We discuss ontology integration similarity relation, and discuss the definition of ontology integration equality. Then, from the definition of strong bisimulation, we prove that strong bisimulation is an equivalence relation. We also illustrate the transition graphs of strong bisimulation by an example, examining the transitions with three cases. Finally, we discuss the relation between ontology integration equality and strong bisimulation in detail. Thus we show that strong bisimulation can be used to resolve ontology integration equality.
Keywords :
graph theory; ontologies (artificial intelligence); process algebra; equivalence relation; ontology integration equality; ontology integration similarity relation; strong bisimulation definition; transition graphs; equality; examining; ontology integration; similarity; strong bisimulation; transition graphs;
Conference_Titel :
Web Information Systems and Mining (WISM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sanya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8438-6
DOI :
10.1109/WISM.2010.160