2021
Conference article  Open Access

A connection method for a defeasible extension of ALC

Fernandes R., Freitas F., Varzinczak I.

Description logic  Defeasible reasoning  Connection method 

In this paper, we propose a connection method `a la Bibel for an exception-tolerant extension of ALC. As for the language, we assume ALC extended with a typicality operator on concepts, which is a variant of defeasible DLs studied in the literature over the past decade and in which most of these can be embedded. We revisit the definition of matrix representation of a knowledge base and establish the conditions for a given axiom to be provable from it. In particular, we show how term substitution is dealt with and define a suitable condition of blocking in the presence of typicality operators. We show that the calculus terminates and that it is sound and complete w.r.t. a DL version of the preferential semantics widely adopted in non-monotonic reasoning.

Source: DL 2021 - 34th International Workshop on Description Logics, Bratislava, Slovakia, 19-22/09/2021

Publisher: M. Jeusfeld c/o Redaktion Sun SITE, Informatik V, RWTH Aachen., Aachen, Germania



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@inproceedings{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:468671,
	title = {A connection method for a defeasible extension of ALC},
	author = {Fernandes R. and Freitas F. and Varzinczak I.},
	publisher = {M. Jeusfeld c/o Redaktion Sun SITE, Informatik V, RWTH Aachen., Aachen, Germania},
	booktitle = {DL 2021 - 34th International Workshop on Description Logics, Bratislava, Slovakia, 19-22/09/2021},
	year = {2021}
}
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