<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The cores of granular computing are the granule, the granule layer and the granule structure. In this paper the concepts “Ontology granule” and “Compatible granule” were defined, applying the granular computing ideas and an ontology model, an Ontology granular set; and thus ontology tree generation algorithms were proposed. These algorithms produce an initial ontology granular set with a compatible class, and extend the other ontology granules by the vector of intension IG, building a lattice hierarchy and a conception tree model of ontology with the vector of relation RG. The empirical research of the traditional Chinese medicine ontology shows that these algorithms are correct and efficient, and provide a good technical way for ontology learning.</p></abstract>

The cores of granular computing are the granule, the granule layer and the granule structure. In this paper the concepts “Ontology granule” and “Compatible granule” were defined, applying the granular computing ideas and an ontology model, an Ontology granular set; and thus ontology tree generation algorithms were proposed. These algorithms produce an initial ontology granular set with a compatible class, and extend the other ontology granules by the vector of intension IG, building a lattice hierarchy and a conception tree model of ontology with the vector of relation RG. The empirical research of the traditional Chinese medicine ontology shows that these algorithms are correct and efficient, and provide a good technical way for ontology learning.

Granular Computing Based Ontology Learning Model and Its Applications

College of Science, North China University of Science and Technology, 46 Xinhua Road, Tangshan, Hebei, China

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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The cores of granular computing are the granule, the granule layer and the granule structure. In this paper the concepts “Ontology granule” and “Compatible...

Granular Computing Based Ontology Learning Model and Its Applications

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0071

Keywords
Granular computing, ontology learning, ontology granule, compatible granule, ontology tree

© 2015 Hongcan Yan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Granular Computing Based Ontology Learning Model and Its Applications

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0071

KeywordsGranular computing, ontology learning, ontology granule, compatible granule, ontology tree

© 2015 Hongcan Yan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Granular computing, ontology learning, ontology granule, compatible granule, ontology tree