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Evolutionary Conceptual Clustering Based on Induced Pseudo-Metrics

Evolutionary Conceptual Clustering Based on Induced Pseudo-Metrics
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Author(s): Nicola Fanizzi (Università degli studi di Bari, Italy), Claudia d’Amato (Università degli studi di Bari, Italy)and Floriana Esposito (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 24
Source title: Progressive Concepts for Semantic Web Evolution: Applications and Developments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Miltiadis D. Lytras (Effat University, Saudi Arabia)and Amit Sheth (Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-992-2.ch012

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Abstract

We present a method based on clustering techniques to detect possible/probable novel concepts or concept drift in a Description Logics knowledge base. The method exploits a semi-distance measure defined for individuals, that is based on a finite number of dimensions corresponding to a committee of discriminating features (concept descriptions). A maximally discriminating group of features is obtained with a randomized optimization method. In the algorithm, the possible clusterings are represented as medoids (w.r.t. the given metric) of variable length. The number of clusters is not required as a parameter, the method is able to find an optimal choice by means of evolutionary operators and a proper fitness function. An experimentation proves the feasibility of our method and its effectiveness in terms of clustering validity indices. With a supervised learning phase, each cluster can be assigned with a refined or newly constructed intensional definition expressed in the adopted language.

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