Supporting coral reef ecosystems research through modelling a reusable ontology framework

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-101

  Myers, Trina S ^a   Atkinson, Ian ^a   Johnstone, Ron ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DATA HANDLING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REEFS; SEMANTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATICS; KNOWLEDGE-REPRESENTATION; ONTOLOGY DESIGN; ONTOLOGY'S; SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 76349116081     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: 10876545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839510903448676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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