Semantic oriented ontology cohesion metrics for ontology-based systems

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Ma, Yinglong ^a,b   Jin, Beihong ^b   Feng, Yulin ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

Author keywords

Ontology; Ontology cohesion metrics; Semantic inconsistency; Semantic metrics

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; COHESION METRICS; CONTROL PROJECTS; KNOWLEDGE MODEL; ONTOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; ONTOLOGY-BASED SYSTEMS; RISK OF PROJECTS; SEMANTIC METRICS; STANDARD TESTS;

ADHESION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 71649092221     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.07.047     Document Type: Article

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