Title :
Semantic resolution for E-Commerce
Author :
Yun Pang ; Zou, Youyong ; Luan, Xiaocheng ; Ivezic, Nenad ; Gruninger, Michael ; Jones, Albert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, MD, USA
Abstract :
We describe a research project on resolving semantic differences for multi-agent systems (MAS) in electronic commerce. The approach can be characterized as follows: (1) agents in a MAS may have their own specific ontologies defined on top of a shared base ontology; (2) concepts in these ontologies are represented as frame-like structures based on DAML+OIL language; (3) the semantic differences between agents are resolved at runtime through inter-agent communication; and (4) the resolution is viewed as an abductive inference process, and thus necessarily involves approximate reasoning.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; inference mechanisms; multi-agent systems; E-commerce; abductive inference process; approximate reasoning; frame-like structures; inter-agent communication; multi-agent systems; semantic differences; semantic resolution; shared base ontology; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Computer aided manufacturing; Consumer electronics; Microstrip; Multiagent systems; Ontologies; Runtime; Software agents; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Congress, 2002 Proceedings of the 5th Biannual World
Print_ISBN :
1-889335-18-5
DOI :
10.1109/WAC.2002.1049445
