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Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systems

US9940584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 2015
Grant dateApr 10, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N5/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for exploring knowledge. The mechanism receives a set of known facts. The mechanism traverses paths in an ontology for a domain of knowledge from known facts in the set of known facts to one or more hypotheses. The ontology includes a plurality of entity types and a plurality of relationships between the entity types. The mechanism presents one or more hypotheses to a user.

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