Combining Semantic Web technologies with Multi-Agent Systems for integrated access to biological resources

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 848-859

  García Sánchez, Francisco ^a   Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás ^a   Valencia García, Rafael ^a   Gómez, Juan Miguel ^b   Martínez Béjar, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Data heterogeneity; Multi Agent Systems; Ontologies; Semantic Web; Semantic Web Services

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEALTH; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

AGENT TECHNOLOGIES; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA HETEROGENEITY; DATA INTEGRATIONS; INTEGRATED ACCESS; NEW APPROACHES; ONTOLOGIES; PROOF-OF-CONCEPT IMPLEMENTATION; SEMANTIC HETEROGENEITY; SEMANTIC WEB SERVICES; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

SEMANTIC WEB;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; WEB BROWSER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 52949109188     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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