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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Ryan E. Hohimer, West Richland, WA (US);
Judi R. Thomson, Guelph, CA;
William J. Harvey, Richland, WA (US);
Patrick R. Paulson, Pasco, WA (US);
Mark A. Whiting, Richland, WA (US);
Stephen C. Tratz, Richland, WA (US);
Alan R. Chappell, Seattle, WA (US);
R. Scott Butner, Richland, WA (US);
Ryan E. Hohimer, West Richland, WA (US);
Judi R. Thomson, Guelph, CA;
William J. Harvey, Richland, WA (US);
Patrick R. Paulson, Pasco, WA (US);
Mark A. Whiting, Richland, WA (US);
Stephen C. Tratz, Richland, WA (US);
Alan R. Chappell, Seattle, WA (US);
R. Scott Butner, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Processes, data structures, and apparatuses to represent knowledge are disclosed. The processes can comprise labeling elements in a knowledge signature according to concepts in an ontology and populating the elements with confidence values. The data structures can comprise knowledge signatures stored on computer-readable media. The knowledge signatures comprise a matrix structure having elements labeled according to concepts in an ontology, wherein the value of the element represents a confidence that the concept is present in an information space. The apparatus can comprise a knowledge representation unit having at least one ontology stored on a computer-readable medium, at least one data-receiving device, and a processor configured to generate knowledge signatures by comparing datasets obtained by the data-receiving devices to the ontologies.