Ontological analysis results in ontology descriptions that are presented
formally through DL for theoretical soundness; and in machine-readable format using
OWL and OWL-DL to provide practicality for the model. In addition, software
reasoners, such as Racer, support concept consistency checking, TBox reasoning,
and ABox reasoning on models developed using SHIQ-DL translated into OWLDL.
These provide the basis for semantic knowledge transparency to support the
e-business processes.
Intelligent Agents
An intelligent agent is ???a computer system situated in some environment and that
is capable of flexible autonomous action in this environment in order to meet its
design objectives??? (Jennings & Wooldridge, 1998, p. 8). The agent paradigm can
support a range of decision-making activity including information retrieval; generation
of alternatives; preference order ranking of options and alternatives; and
supporting analysis of the alternative-goal relationships. The specific autonomous
behavior expected of intelligent agents depends on the concrete application domain
and the expected role and impact of intelligent agents on the potential solution for a
particular problem for which the agents are designed to provide cognitive support.
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