Processes, data structures, and apparatuses for representing knowledge

Patent · Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1027119

Hohimer, Ryan E ^[1]; Thomson, Judi R ^[2]; Harvey, William J ^[3]; Paulson, Patrick R ^[4]; Whiting, Mark A ^[3]; Tratz, Stephen C ^[3]; Chappell, Alan R ^[5]; Butner, R Scott ^[3]

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1. West Richland, WA
2. Guelph, CA
3. Richland, WA
4. Pasco, WA
5. Seattle, WA

Processes, data structures, and apparatuses to represent knowledge are disclosed. The processes can comprise labeling elements in a knowledge signature according to concepts in an ontology and populating the elements with confidence values. The data structures can comprise knowledge signatures stored on computer-readable media. The knowledge signatures comprise a matrix structure having elements labeled according to concepts in an ontology, wherein the value of the element represents a confidence that the concept is present in an information space. The apparatus can comprise a knowledge representation unit having at least one ontology stored on a computer-readable medium, at least one data-receiving device, and a processor configured to generate knowledge signatures by comparing datasets obtained by the data-receiving devices to the ontologies.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): 8,023,739
• Application Number: 11/237,483
• OSTI ID: 1027119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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