Title: A Bayesian network approach to handle uncertainty in Web Ontology Language

Authors: Sonika Malik; Sarika Jain

Addresses: National Institute of Technology, Kurushetra, Haryana, India; Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi, India ' National Institute of Technology, Kurushetra, Haryana, India

Abstract: In information management systems ontology play a vital role. An ontological application should include a mechanism for handling uncertainty. Ontological innovations are to become the web's future in the coming period, but there are still some features such as exceptions, vulnerability and default values missing. Ontological languages such as OWL and RDF are by necessity distinct in nature, so ambiguous details cannot be treated. In this research, article uncertainty is handled in the ontology by Bayesian network. A probabilistic model of uncertainty available in the knowledge base is the Bayesian network. The Bayesian network is a conceptual model that is ideal for the representation and analysis of ambiguity and information found in data. The probability of uncertainty can be used for many real-life scenarios in the knowledge-base. We also introduced defaults and exceptions along with uncertainties to enhance performance and improve the OWL features. The source code is then translated to a jar-file with maven and it can be used in Protégé itself.

Keywords: ontology; uncertainty; Bayesian network; unit of knowledge.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRIS.2021.118661

International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, 2021 Vol.13 No.4, pp.243 - 250

Accepted: 20 Mar 2021
Published online: 30 Oct 2021 *

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