Gutiérrez C.R. (ed.) Advances in knowledge representation

Intech, 2012. — 284 p.Although nowadays there is some degree of success on the called "knowledge-based systems'7 and in certain technologies using knowledge representations, no single knowledge representations has been found complete enough to represent satisfactorily all the requirements posed by common cognitive processes, able to be manipulated by general purpose algorithms, nor to satisfy all sorts of applications in different domains
and conditions — and may not be the case that such 'universal' computational representation exists, it is natural to look for different theories, models and ideas to explain it and how to instrument a certain model or representation. The compilation of works presented here advances topics such as concept theory, positive relational algebra and k-relations, structured, visual and ontological models of knowledge representation, as well as applications to various domains, such as semantic representation and extraction, intelligent information retrieval, program proof
checking, complex planning, and data preparation for knowledge modeling.
The state of the art research presented in the book on diverse facets of knowledge representation and applications is expected to contribute and encourage further advancement of the field. The book is addressed to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, to researchers concerned with the knowledge representation field, and also to computer oriented practitioners of diverse fields where complex computer applications based on knowledge are required.