Language, logic and ontology: Uncovering the structure of commonsense knowledge

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 610-623

  Saba, Walid S ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonsense knowledge; Ontology; Reasoning; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CASE BASED REASONING; FORMAL LOGIC; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS;

COMMONSENSE KNOWLEDGE;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 34249061729     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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