Managing multiple ontologies in a virtual breeding environment context

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Simoes, D (Author) Other; Ferreira, H (Author) Other; António Lucas Soares (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Vol. 6 No. 3

Pages: 230-256

ISSN: 1744-2370

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-T1S

DOI: 10.1504/ijsom.2010.031953

Abstract (EN): This paper proposes a new method to manage the use of ontologies in the context of Virtual Organisations Breeding Environments (VBEs). The research focuses on the dissolution phase of a Virtual Enterprise (VE), where ontology decomposition techniques are used to enrich the ontology library. First, an overview of the process used and the Ontology Library System (OLS) adopted are described. Then, the ontologies' ranking and classification method are described, explaining a set of metrics inspired by social network approaches. Finally, the composition method used to construct a global ontology and the decomposition algorithm implemented to segment an ontology are presented. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific