A Proof Theory for Description Logics

Download or read book A Proof Theory for Description Logics written by Alexandre Rademaker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description Logics (DLs) is a family of formalisms used to represent knowledge of a domain. They are equipped with a formal logic-based semantics. Knowledge representation systems based on description logics provide various inference capabilities that deduce implicit knowledge from the explicitly represented knowledge. A Proof Theory for Description Logics introduces Sequent Calculi and Natural Deduction for some DLs (ALC, ALCQ). Cut-elimination and Normalization are proved for the calculi. The author argues that such systems can improve the extraction of computational content from DLs proofs for explanation purposes.