Advanced Methods for Inconsistent Knowledge Management

Inconsistent knowledge management is a common sub-field of knowledge management and conflict resolution. It deals with methods for reconciling inconsistent contents of knowledge originating from different sources. This book presents a unified and systematic description of a wide class of miscellaneous problems of inconsistent knowledge management, analyzed by traditional mathematical methods using relational and logical representations. With special emphasis on the distribution aspect of knowledge inconsistency, Professor Nguyen provides a unique approach to formal models of inconsistency and algorithms for its resolution. Features and topics include consensus as a tool for conflict solving, inconsistency of knowledge (syntactic and semantic), knowledge conflict model, ontology integration, and practical aspects of applications of proposed methods. This book provides a broad snapshot of intelligent technology.